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CIRM-supported therapy for blood cancers gets FDA fast track

102

CIRM-Funded Study Helping Babies Battle a Deadly Immune Disorder Gets Boost from FDA

103

Stem cell discovery could help shorten cancer treatment recovery 

104

First Patient Dosed in Phase 1 Clinical Trial for T1D

105

Could a common herb help in the fight against COVID-19 and other inflammatory diseases?

106

How a tiny patch is helping restore lasting vision

107

Meet the man who is unlocking the secrets of autism and sending mini-brains into space

108

CIRM Board gives thumbs up to training and treatment programs

109

Making stem cell and gene therapies available and affordable for all California patients

110

Educating and training the next generation of regenerative science workforce

111

Two Early-Stage Research Programs Targeting Cartilage Damage Get Funding from Stem Cell Agency

112

How these scholars are growing the regenerative medicine field in California

113

Breaking down barriers: Expanding patient access and accelerating research

114

A new approach to a deadly childhood cancer

115

CIRM-funded stem cell clinical trial patients: Where are they now?

116

Overcoming obstacles and advancing treatments to patients

117

Sharing ideas and data to advance regenerative medicine

118

Empowering and connecting California’s research ecosystem through shared labs

119

How two California researchers are advancing world class science to develop real life solutions

120

A CIRM-funded therapy for a deadly blood cancer gets approval for Phase 3 clinical trial

121

Teaching stem cells to play video games

122

The Most Read Stem Cellar Blog Posts of 2021

123

One more good reason to exercise

124

How do Zebrafish grow ears? It’s quite transparent.

125

UCLA gene therapy offers children with LAD-1 a new chance at living a normal life

126

Researchers develop a stem cell-based implant for cartilage restoration and treating osteoarthritis

127

Lack of diversity leaves cloud hanging over asthma drug study

128

Newly-developed Organoid Mimics How Gut and Heart Tissues Arise Cooperatively From Stem Cells 

129

How some brilliant research may have uncovered a potential therapy for Alzheimer’s 

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Wit, wisdom and a glimpse into the future

131

Stem Cell Agency Board Invests in Therapy Targeting Deadly Blood Cancers

132

Creating a New Model for Diversity in Scientific and Medical Research

133

Bridges Scholar Spotlight: Samira Alwahabi

134

The Evolution of World AIDS Day: Then and Now 

135

Producing insulin for people who can’t

136

Now-Defunct For-Profit Stem Cell Clinic Ordered to Pay $5.1 Million for Scamming Patients Through False Advertising

137

One step closer to making ‘off-the-shelf’ immune cell therapy for cancer a reality 

138

Sweating bullets and other stories from the frontline

139

Type 1 diabetes therapy gets go-ahead for clinical trial

140

A year unlike any other – a look back at one year post Prop 14

141

Old therapies inspire new hope for treatment of pediatric brain tumors

142

Promising new approach for people with epilepsy

143

COVID is a real pain in the ear

144

Beware of misleading headlines and claims

145

Reprogramming brain cells to restore vision after a stroke

146

A hair raising tale

147

A step forward in finding a treatment for a deadly neurological disorder

148

Some good news for people with dodgy knees

149

Getting under the skin of people with type 1 diabetes – but in a good way

150

Looking back and looking forward: good news for two CIRM-supported studies

151

Celebrating Stem Cell Awareness Day

152

Raising awareness about mental health

153

Them bones them bones them dry bones – and how to help repair them

154

Lack of diversity impacts research into Alzheimer’s and dementia

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Using a stem cell’s journey to teach kids science

156

Lung cancer, Sherlock Holmes and piano

157

A personal reason to develop a better gene therapy

158

Tiny tools for the smallest of tasks, editing genes

159

Mother and daughter team up to fight bias and discrimination in treatment for people with sickle cell disease

160

National Academy of Medicine honors CIRM Grantees

161

Creating a better way to treat type 1 diabetes

162

Stem cell therapy may help mend a broken heart

163

Feds hit predatory stem cell clinics with a one-two punch

164

CIRM funds clinical trials targeting heart disease, stroke and childhood brain tumors

165

Building a better brain (model) in the lab

166

Celebrating a young life that almost wasn’t

167

Paving the way for a treatment for dementia

168

City of Hope researchers discover potential therapy to treat brain tumors

169

Learning life lessons in the lab

170

A conversation with Bob Klein about the past, present and future of CIRM

171

SPARKing the genius of the next generation of scientists

172

Retooling a COVID drug to boost its effectiveness

173

A rare chance to help those in need

174

City of Hope scientists use stem cells to develop ‘mini-brains’ to study Alzheimer’s and to test drugs in development

175

How regrowing tiny hairs could restore hearing loss

176

Scientists use stem cell ‘mini-brains’ to better understand signs of frontotemporal dementia

177

Improving a special kind of cell to help combat immune related problems

178

Endothelial cell treatment reverses lung damage in mice with emphysema

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Board Funds Fifteen Bridges to Stem Cell Research and Therapy Programs Across California and New Sickle Cell Disease Trial

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UCSD researchers use stem cell model to better understand pregnancy complication

181

Building a new mouse, one stem cell at a time

182

Gene therapy is life-changing for children with a life-threatening brain disorder

183

Stem cell treatment improves motor function in monkeys modeling Parkinson’s Disease

184

A new way to evade immune rejection in transplanting cells

185

Heads or tails? Stem cells help guide the decision

186

CIRM funded trial for AMD shows promising results

187

CIRM Board Approves New Clinical Trial for ALS

188

An Open Letter to CIRM for World Sickle Cell Day

189

Sometimes a cold stare is a good thing

190

Study shows that COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective in people with cancer

191

Call for a worldwide approach to regulating predatory stem cell clinics

192

CIRM-catalyzed spinout files for IPO to develop therapies for genetic diseases

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Unproven Stem Cell Therapies

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CIRM funded trial may pave way for gene therapy to treat different diseases

195

Friday Round Up

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Paving the Way

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Latest CIRM TRAN1 awards focus on CAR-based cell therapy to treat cancer

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CIRM Board Approves Continued Funding for SPARK and Alpha Stem Cell Clinics

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How stem cells play “follow the leader”

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CIRM Builds Out World Class Team With 5 New hires