Wange Lu, USC – CIRM Stem Cell #SciencePitch
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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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
