Video Event: Spotlight: IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) - Sept 2014


Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Stem Cell Research – Ophir Klein, UCSF

In his presentation to CIRM’s governing Board, Dr. Ophir Klein, a CIRM grantee and UCSF researcher, detailed his lab’s work to understand how stem cells regulate the healing of the intestine and to eventually find cures for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Living with (IBD) Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Rachel Bonner, Hope for Crohn’s

She doesn’t want your sympathy. She doesn’t want your admiration. She just wants your understanding.   Rachel Bonner, a sixteen-year-old high school student and founder of the Hope for Crohn’s charity, spoke to the CIRM’s governing Board on September 10th about what it’s like living with Crohn’s disease.