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Spotlight on Amyloidosis and Stem Cell Research: Robert Vescio MD – Cedars-Sinai

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  • Post published:December 27, 2013
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Dr. Robert Vescio spoke to CIRM's governing board to promote awareness about amyloidosis, a rare, often fatal disease caused by the abnormal deposit of proteins called amyloids in various tissues…

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Michael York: Amyloidosis and Stem Cell Research

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  • Post published:December 27, 2013
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Michael York, star of films such as Cabaret, Logan's Run, and Austin Powers, spoke to the California stem cell agency governing board about his personal battle with amyloidosis, a rare,…

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Spotlight on Muscular Dystrophy and Stem Cell Research – Helen Blau, Stanford

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  • Post published:September 20, 2013
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most severe form of muscular dystrophy that affects 1 in 3500 boys and leads to progressive muscle degeneration and death by the second decade…

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HIV/AIDS Stem Cell Clinical Trial: Introduction by Jeff Sheehy

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  • Post published:July 18, 2013
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On July 9th 2013, Calimmune announced they had treated the first patient in a clinical trial involving the use of an innovative gene-based stem cell therapy to help protect individuals…

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HIV/AIDS Stem Cell Clinical Trial: Louis Breton, CEO, Calimmune

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  • Post published:July 18, 2013
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On July 9th 2013, Calimmune announced they had treated the first patient in a clinical trial involving the use of an innovative gene-based stem cell therapy to help protect individuals…

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HIV/AIDS Stem Cell Clinical Trial: Geoff Symonds, Calimmune

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  • Post published:July 18, 2013
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On July 9th 2013, Calimmune announced they had treated the first patient in a clinical trial involving the use of an innovative gene-based stem cell therapy to help protect individuals…

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Spotlight on Stem Cell Advances in Pediatric Heart Disease: A Change of Heart

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  • Post published:February 28, 2013
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One percent of live births have heart defects, the leading noninfectious cause of death in the 1st year. Using embryonic stem cell technology, Dr. Deepak Srivastava's lab has made many…

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Spotlight on Stem Cell Advances in Heart Disease: Generating Muscle within an Existing Heart

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  • Post published:February 28, 2013
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Long-term stem cell-based strategies for heart disease aim to rebuild parts of the heart. But investigators like Deepak Srivastava are also looking into more near term goals to regenerate heart…

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Joshua’s Heart Story: Pediatric Heart Disease and the Promise of Stem Cell Advances

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  • Post published:February 28, 2013
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The day before 9/11,  just four months pregnant, Mary Goulart and her husband learned through ultrasounds that their baby had several heart defects including a missing left ventricle. After birth,…

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Advancing Toward Multiple Sclerosis Therapies Using Stem Cells

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  • Post published:December 14, 2012
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Dr. Tom Lane of the University of Utah (formerly a CIRM grantee at UC-Irvine) describes his lab's experimental results that show a dramatic reversal in the debilitating effects of a…

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