Disease Focus: HIV/AIDS
Is a HIV Cure Possible? A Panel Discussion on HIV Cure Research
On October 1st, CIRM along with the AIDS Research Institute and the Gladstone Institutes hosted an inspiring public forum in San Francisco about the current state of HIV cure research. This portion of the event includes a panel discussion with a distinguished lineup of clinicians, researchers and advocates, many of whom have dedicated their life’s […]
HIV/AIDS Stem Cell Clinical Trial: Introduction by Jeff Sheehy
On July 9th 2013, Calimmune announced they had treated the first patient in a clinical trial involving the use of an innovative gene-based stem cell therapy to help protect individuals infected with HIV from the effects of the AIDS virus. Jeff Sheehy, the HIV/AIDS patient advocate board member for California’s Stem Cell Agency (CIRM), describes […]
HIV/AIDS Stem Cell Clinical Trial: Louis Breton, CEO, Calimmune
On July 9th 2013, Calimmune announced they had treated the first patient in a clinical trial involving the use of an innovative gene-based stem cell therapy to help protect individuals infected with HIV from the effects of the AIDS virus. Calimmune CEO Louis Breton spoke to the governing board of California’s Stem Cell Agency (CIRM) […]
HIV/AIDS Stem Cell Clinical Trial: Geoff Symonds, Calimmune
On July 9th 2013, Calimmune announced they had treated the first patient in a clinical trial involving the use of an innovative gene-based stem cell therapy to help protect individuals infected with HIV from the effects of the AIDS virus. Calimmune Chief Scientific Office, Geoff Symonds, PhD detailed the clinical trial procedure to the governing […]
John Zaia, City of Hope – CIRM Stem Cell #SciencePitch
HIV/AIDS: Advancing Stem Cell Therapies: 2011 CIRM Grantee Meeting
Paula Cannon speaks at the 2011 CIRM Grantee Meeting about a stem cell-based therapy for HIV/AIDS. Cannon is a co-principle investigator on a disease team that has the goal of engineering a person’s own bone marrow to make the cells resistant to HIV. See all videos from the 2011 CIRM grantee meeting Read more about […]
Progress and Promise in HIV/AIDS
CIRM has funded two HIV/AIDS Disease Teams led by scientists at UCLA and the City of Hope who are focused on stem cell transplant strategies that promise a long lasting resistance to HIV. Antiretroviral therapy provides life-saving medicine to HIV-infected people but it is not a cure. Long-term exposure to the drugs and the virus […]
Spotlight on Disease Team Awards – HIV/AIDS: Jeff Sheehy
Spotlight on HIV/AIDS: Jeff Sheehy Jeff Sheehy, spoke at the “Spotlight on Disease Team Awards: HIV/AIDS,” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on April 29, 2010. Sheehy is communications director at the UCSF AIDS Research Institute and he is a patient advocate member of the CIRM Governing Board. Sheehy was introduced […]
Spotlight on Disease Team Awards – HIV/AIDS: John Zaia
Spotlight on HIV/AIDS: John Zaia John Zaia, M.D., spoke at the “Spotlight on Disease Team Awards: HIV/AIDS,” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on April 29, 2010. Zaia is the chairman in department of virology and he holds the Aaron D. and Edith Miller Chair for Gene Therapy at the Beckman […]
Spotlight on Disease Team Awards – HIV/AIDS: Loring Leeds
Spotlight on HIV/AIDS: Loring Leeds Loring Leeds, spoke at the “Spotlight on Disease Team Awards: HIV/AIDS,” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on April 29, 2010. Leeds is a patient advocate and was introduce by John Zaia, M.D., chairman in department of virology at the Beckman Research Institute at the […]