Disease Focus: Neurological Disorders
Video – Spotlight on Stem Cell Research: Devic’s Disease (NMO) – Benjamin Greenberg
Benjamin Greenberg, M.D., MHSc, spoke at the “Spotlight on Devic’s Disease (NMO),” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on October 21, 2010. Greenberg is director of the Neuromyelitis Optica Program at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School. Greenberg was introduced by Michael Yeaman, professor of medicine in the Division of […]
Video – Spotlight on Stem Cell Research: Devic’s Disease (NMO) – Candace Coffee
Candace Coffee spoke at the “Spotlight on Devic’s Disease (NMO),” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on October 21, 2010. Coffee is a patient advocate for NMO and stem cell therapy. Coffee was introduced by Benjamin Greenberg, director of the Neuromyelitis Optica Program at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School […]
Spotlight on Basic Research: Arturo Alvarez-Buylla
Arturo Alvarez-Buylla, Ph.D., spoke at the “Spotlight on Basic Research,” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on August 20, 2009. Alvarez-Buylla was introduced by Sam Hawgood, who is dean of the UCSF school of medicine and a member of the CIRM governing board. The CIRM-hosted event was presented at the UCSF […]
Fred H. Gage Talks About Using Embryonic Stem Cells to Model Disease
Blue H2O Productions Embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells offer the first glimpse of how cells such as neurons develop from their embryonic state, giving researchers a way of studying both how the cells develop normally and what goes wrong in many different diseases. This novel way of studying diseases could lead to […]
Getting Stem Cell Therapies Approved: Ann Tsukamoto – CIRM Science Writer’s Seminar
Ann Tsukamoto, Ph.D., spoke at the Scientific Writer’s Seminar, a workshop presented on September 17, 2008 at CIRM headquarters in San Francisco. Tsukamoto is the Chief Operating Officer at Stem Cells, Inc., a Palo Alto based company that, at the time of this video recording, had begun a stem cell based human clinical trial for […]
Spotlight on Batten Disease: Welcoming Remarks
Robert Klein, J.D. and Ed Penhoet, Ph.D. gave the welcoming remarks for the “Spotlight on Batten Disease,” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on August 13, 2008. Klein is Chair of the CIRM Governing Board and President of Klein Financial Corporation. Penhoet is a member of the CIRM Governing Board and […]
Spotlight on Batten Disease: Seminar by Stephen Huhn, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P.
Stephen Huhn, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P. spoke at the “Spotlight on Batten Disease,” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on August 13, 2008. Huhn summarized the biology of Batten disease and discussed the clinical trial that is currently underway. Huhn is Vice President and Head of the Neural Program at Stem Cells, […]
Spotlight on Batten Disease: Seminar by Ann Tsukamoto, Ph.D.
Ann Tsukamoto, Ph.D. spoke at the “Spotlight on Batten Disease,” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on August 13, 2008. Tsukamoto reviewed the process of isolating, characterizing, and preparing human central nervous stem cells for use in a clinical trial designed to test a Batten disease cell-based therapy. Tsukamoto is the […]
Spotlight on Batten Disease: Seminar by Tony Ferradino
Tony Ferrandino spoke at the “Spotlight on Batten Disease,” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board Meeting on August 13, 2008. Ferrandino’s son, Drew, was diagnosed with Batten disease in January 2007. Ferrandino spoke about his family’s journey to identify Drew’s condition and to seek out a treatment. Drew is enrolled in a […]