Disease Focus: Neurological Disorders
Min Zhao, UC Davis – CIRM Stem Cell #SciencePitch
Video: Stem Cell Banking – The Perspective of an iPS Donor Family
“Your twin daughters have an extremely rare, fatal disease called Niemann Pick Type C and there’s nothing you can do for them”. Those were the devastating words that Chris Hempel and her husband first heard in 2007. Rather than just give in to this fate, the Hempels are proactively engaging researchers to try to save […]
Cures through Collaboration: Funding a Team Approach to Disease Research
Both the Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation (GJCF) and the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) share a similar vision for funding a team approach to disease research. When Victoria Jackson’s daughter, Ali, was diagnosed with NMO – a rare incurable disease that can lead to blindness, paralysis and even death – Jackson created the GJCF and […]
UC-Irvine’s Stem Cell Program and Stem Cell Basics
(Part 1 of 7) Peter Donovan, director of UC-Irvine’s Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, spoke at “Synapses Firing: Connections Made”, a patient advocacy event hosted by the California stem cell funding agency (CIRM). The 100+ people in attendance heard from patient advocates about living with neurodegenerative disease and from scientists about recent […]
Leeza Gibbons – CIRM’s Investment in Neurodegenerative Diseases
(Part 2 of 7) Leeza Gibbons, member of the CIRM Governing Board, gave the keynote presentation at “Synapses Firing: Connections Made”, a CIRM-hosted patient advocacy event. The 100+ people in attendance heard from patient advocates about living with neurodegenerative disease and from scientists about recent progress in stem cell research that may lead to new […]
Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s – Using Stem Cells to Understand and Treat Disease
(Part 4 of 7) Mathew Mark Blurton-Jones, a professor at UC-Irvine’s Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders, spoke at “Synapses Firing: Connections Made”, a CIRM-hosted patient advocacy event. The 100+ people in attendance heard from patient advocates about living with neurodegenerative disease and from scientists about recent progress in stem cell research that may […]
Patient Advocacy Day and Stem Cell Update – Concluding Remarks
(Part 7 of 7) Peter Donovan, director of UC-Irvine’s Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, gave the concluding remarks for “Synapses Firing: Connections Made”, a CIRM-hosted patient advocacy event. The 100+ people in attendance heard from patient advocates about living with neurodegenerative disease and from scientists about recent progress in stem cell research […]
Video – Spotlight on Stem Cell Research: Devic’s Disease (NMO) – Introduction
Robert Klein, J.D. and Sherry Lansing introduced the speakers for the “Spotlight on Devic’s Disease (NMO),” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on October 21, 2010. Klein is chair of the CIRM Governing Board. Lansing is a member of the CIRM Governing Board and the founder and chair of the Sherry […]
Video – Spotlight on Stem Cell Research: Devic’s Disease (NMO) – Victoria Jackson
Victoria Jackson spoke at the “Spotlight on Devic’s Disease (NMO),” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on October 21, 2010. Jackson is the founder of the Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation which funds research with the aim of finding a cure for neuromyelitis optica (NMO). Sherry Lansing, a member of the CIRM Governing Board, […]
Video – Spotlight on Stem Cell Research: Devic’s Disease (NMO) – Michael Yeaman
MIchael Yeaman, Ph.D. spoke at the “Spotlight on Devic’s Disease (NMO),” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on October 21, 2010. Yeaman is a professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of California, Los Angeles. Victoria Jackson, founder of the Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation, introduced Yeaman. The […]