PALO ALTO, CA — The Californians for Stem Cell Research, Treatments and Cures coalition (YES on Proposition 14) today announced a new suite of endorsements from multiple Nobel Prize winners. These Nobel Laureates join the growing coalition of patient advocacy organizations, leaders in the medical, scientific and academic fields and prominent medical and research institutes
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered a way to regenerate, in mice and human tissue, the cushion of cartilage found in joints. Loss of this slippery and shock-absorbing tissue layer, called articular cartilage, is responsible for many cases of joint pain and arthritis, which afflicts more than 55 million Americans. Nearly 1 in
PALO ALTO, CA — The Californians for Stem Cell Research, Treatments and Cures coalition (YES on Proposition 14) today announced endorsements from multiple esteemed physicians, scientists and academic professionals joining the growing, broad coalition of patient advocacy organizations, Nobel Prize winners and leading medical and research institutes in support of the measure. Major endorsements include
My "Superman" always was and continues to be my father. My dad, now 78, has been living with a spinal cord injury (SCI) since 2001. Life has changed for all of us in big ways and in small ways. You can't plan for the change nor know its impact. My dad was the poster child of the
PALO ALTO, CA — The Californians for Stem Cell Research, Treatments and Cures coalition (YES on Proposition 14) today announced endorsements from multiple patient advocacy organizations joining the growing, broad coalition of leading scientists, physicians and Nobel Prize winners in support of the measure. Major endorsements include the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, Beyond Type
PALO ALTO, CA — The California Democratic Party today announced their endorsement of Proposition 14, officially joining the broad coalition of leading scientists, physicians, Nobel Prize winners and more than 70 patient advocate organizations in support of the measure. This November, voters will be asked to consider Proposition 14, where a “yes” vote will renew
In our new financial reality, our state and you as voters are faced with tough decisions. Come November, you will decide the fate of California’s stem cell institute. This decision has never been more important to the future of California’s health care, for the patients and their families, than it is now. Californians overwhelmingly approved
Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (heart cells) shown in green and blue, are infected by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (red). Image Courtesy of UCLA Broad Stem Cell Center There is still a lot that we don’t understand about SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), the new coronavirus that has caused a worldwide pandemic. Some patients that contract the
Today the governing Board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) awarded $750,000 to Dr. Xiaokui Zhang at Celularity to conduct a clinical trial for the treatment of COVID-19. This brings the total number of CIRM clinical trials to 64, including three targeting the coronavirus. This trial will use blood stem cells obtained from
