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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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. …
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