What are Stem Cells? STEM CELLS are the future of medicine. Human stem cells offer hope to people with a wide range of devastating diseases and conditions like Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, diabetes and more. They can also be used in research to discover new treatments and cures; they can generate organs for transplantation; they can
PALO ALTO, CA – The YES on Proposition 14 campaign today announced that a majority of Californians have decisively voted yes on Proposition 14, the California Stem Cell Research, Treatments and Cures Initiative of 2020. The passage of Prop. 14 represents the people’s will and drive to continue investing in the research and discovery of
SACRAMENTO — California’s stem cell agency will receive an infusion of $5.5 billion in new research funding after voters approved Proposition 14. The ballot measure had been leading since the Nov. 3 election before it was called by the Associated Press on Thursday night. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, known as CIRM, will receive the additional
Three-year-old Ava was constantly sick. Her gums were inflamed, and every time she got a scraped knee, it turned into a dangerous infection. Her parents, Alicia and Jon Langenhop, were months pregnant with their third child when they learned that Ava's constellation of symptoms added up to an extremely rare, inherited disorder of the white
A yes vote on Proposition 14 is crucial to continue the pace of medical research and our state’s journey to save lives. For millions of Californians who live with a chronic disease or condition, and who need new therapies, this may be their last hope. Advancing medical progress to fight devastating and life-threatening diseases and conditions is
Last year, CIRM awarded $5.53 million to Rosa Bacchetta, M.D. at Stanford University to complete the work necessary to conduct a clinical trial for IPEX syndrome. This is a rare disease caused by mutations in the FOXP3 gene, which leaves people with the condition vulnerable to immune system attacks on their organs and tissues. These attacks can be
IT’S AN INSTINCT many surgeons have: Whatever you have to remove, replace it with something better. Something that helps. Tracy Grikscheit hopes to get there one day with the tiny patients she serves. Grikscheit is a principal investigator at USC Stem Cell in the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
At the very heart of our Biblical tradition is this commandment from the Book of Leviticus: “You shall not stand idly by the blood of your fellow.” (Leviticus 19:16) If we see our sisters or brothers in danger, our job is simple: provide that help, come to their aid, do what is in our power
As a mother who lost two sons to ALS, I know all too well how fatal chronic diseases and conditions like cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and ALS drain the emotional, financial and physical well-being of a family. Watching your children suffer and lose their lives to a chronic disease is a heartbreak that no
