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Monday, July 14, 2014

Clever Stem Cells Withstand Chemo Drug’s Harmful Side Effects

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For some conditions, it seem that the treatment can cause almost as many problems as than the disease itself. That’s often the case with s...
Friday, July 11, 2014

Stem cell stories that caught our eye: gene Rx, new and rejuvenated blood stem cells and budget cuts

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Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, othe rs are of personal interest to us,...

Gene Rx, new and rejuvenated blood stem cells and budget cuts: Stem cell stories that caught our eye

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Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, othe rs are of personal interest to u...

Argentina soccer star pins his World Cup final hopes on stem cells

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Angel Di Maria: Photo courtesy Fanny Schertzer I suppose we should have expected it. Every time there is a big sporting event stem cells...
Thursday, July 10, 2014

CIRM Creativity Day Program: Training Tomorrow’s Stem Cell Scientists

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It’s that time of year once again, when some of the brightest and most motivated high school students across California are given the oppo...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Statement regarding former CIRM president's new position on a stem cell company's board

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We learned this week that our former President, Dr. Alan Trounson, has joined the Board of Stem Cells, Inc., a company we are funding to dev...

In an auditorium with 200 high school students CIRM grantee connected with one who is now heading to UCLA to study stem cells

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Tommy Nguyen in front of an image of nerve stem cells When part of your job is to reach out to the community, share information and perh...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014

The Man Behind the Curtain: Protein Helps Keep Cancer Cells Alive and Kicking

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Being diagnosed with brain cancer comes with a sobering sentence: even with the most aggressive treatments, life expectancy for the most c...
Monday, July 7, 2014

DISCUSSing iPSC Derivation

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Geoff Lomax is CIRM’s Senior Officer for Medical and Ethical Standards. He has been working in the implementation of CIRM’s iPSC Banking P...

Stem cell stories that caught our eye: multiple sclerosis, diabetes, cornea repair and of course, new stem cells too good to be true

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  Fat cells (yellow) descended from transplanted stem cells (green) inside a mouse 28 days after co-transplantation with “buddy c...