One of the most complex aspects of autism is that it is not one disease—but many. Known more accurately as the autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, experts have long been trying to tease apart the various ways in which the […]
Diane Kaljian‘s father was paralyzed and bedridden from a stroke. But he could still speak. “I was hoping to talk to him, but I could never do that,” Kaljian said. Her hearing loss was so profound, his low, gravelly voice […]
CIRM / Regenerative Medicine Consortium (RMC) Scaffolding Webinar Webinar Registration The webinar was held September 12, 2011. See below for slides and a video of the webinar: Slides: Dr Mark Lee, FDA Dr. Deepak Jain, Tengion, Inc. Dr. Robert […]
Regenerated mouse digit tip/Yuval Rinkevich Guest blogger Uta Grieshammer is a science officer at CIRM A form of regeneration that has captured the imagination of scientists and the general public for many decades occurs in certain salamanders, as they have […]
A few weeks ago, my colleague used this space to discuss the second and third papers showing teams had turned skin cells directly into neurons, noting that this replication of research results is essential to verifying the initial breakthrough while […]
Richmond-based Sangamo BioSciences has been making a lot of news lately with their gene editing technology. Theirs is the technique being used in CIRM’S HIV Disease Team Award to John Zaia at The City of Hope (summarized in this San […]
A group of researchers from University College London made a splash this week with their work prodding heart muscle to repair itself. This is big news, given both the number of people who have heart attacks (more than 1 million […]
Last year a group of CIRM grantees at Stanford University directly converted mouse skin cells into neurons, bypassing the need to first convert those cells into an embryonic-like state. Now they’ve gone a step farther, pulling off the same feat […]
Manual de conceptos básicos sobre células madre | English Preguntas frecuentes y falsas creencias acerca de la investigación con células madre Son muchos los mitos que existen en torno a la investigación con células madre, el origen de las propias […]
Manual de conceptos básicos sobre células madre | English Las células madre pueden acelerar la investigación básica Además de reemplazar tejidos perdidos o dañados, se espera que las células madre aceleren los procesos básicos de investigación sobre enfermedades, para el […]
