Video Topic: Spotlights on Disease
Spinal Cord Injury and a CIRM-Funded Stem Cell-Based Trial
Jane Lebkowski, Asterias Biotherapeutics‘ VP of R&D, spoke to CIRM’s governing Board about the company’s CIRM-funded clinical trial for spinal cord injury. Richard Lajara, the fourth participant in a previous trial, gives a patient’s perspective. Related Links: Blog about the seminar Spinal cord injury fact sheet
Role of Stem Cells on Cognitive Dysfunction after Cancer Therapy
You’d think getting a cancer diagnosis and the subsequent chemo and/or radiation therapy is traumatic enough. But many people receiving cancer therapy also suffer from so-called chemobrain, a condition marked by troubles with memory, attention/concentration, calculations, fine motor skills and other deficits. In this video CIRM grantee and Stanford professor Michelle Monje describes how damage […]
A Stem Cell-Based Clinical Trial for Retinitis Pigmentosa: Henry Klassen, UC Irvine
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a genetic disease that gradually destroys the light sensing nerve cells, called photoreceptors, located in the retina at the back of the eye. In this video, UC-Irvine professor Henry Klassen describes a CIRM-funded project that aims to begin a stem cell-based clinical trial for RP in early 2015. See our fact […]
A Stem Cell-Based Therapy for Retinitis Pigmentosa: The Patient’s Perspective
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a genetic disease that gradually destroys the light sensing nerve cells, called photoreceptors, located in the retina at the back of the eye. In this video, Rosalinda and German Barrero speak about the devastating impact of RP on their lives and their excitement about a soon to begin CIRM-funded stem cell-based […]
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.
Preeclampsia and Stem Cell Research: Mana Parast, UC-San Diego
Preeclampsia is a disorder of the placenta that complicates 5-8% of all pregnancies worldwide and is the leading cause of maternal death in the developed world. It’s also the leading cause of fetal growth restriction and there’s no cure except to deliver the baby. Due to this fact preeclampsia is the number one cause of […]
Preeclampsia and Stem Cell Research: The Parent’s Perspective
Preeclampsia is a disorder of the placenta that complicates 5-8% of all pregnancies worldwide and is the leading cause of maternal death in the developed world. It’s also the leading cause of fetal growth restriction and there’s no cure except to deliver the baby. Due to this fact preeclampsia is the number one cause of […]
Reversing Autism in the Lab with help from Stem Cells and the Tooth Fairy
People with autism have difficulty with language and social interaction as if they are trapped inside their own brains. There is no cure. Dr. Alysson Muotri of UCSD devised a Fairy Tooth Kit Collection campaign in which autistic and unaffected kids could donate their baby teeth when they fell out. Using the induced pluripotent stem […]
Autism and Stem Cells: A Mom’s Perspective
Jen, mother of 10 year-old Milo who has a severe form of autism describes the impact of the disorder on her family and shares her thoughts about stem cell research. This video was presented during at the Spotlight on Autism seminar at the March 13th 2014 governing Board meeting of California’s Stem Cell Agency. For […]