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
SACRAMENTO — After a last-ditch push for signatures, supporters of a $5.5 billion bond that would keep California’s stem cell research institute in business have qualified their measure for the November ballot. The measure asks voters to re-fund the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the state’s stem cell agency, by allowing it to issue bonds for research, training
PALO ALTO, CA — Californians for Stem Cell Research, Treatments & Cures announced today that the California Stem Cell Research, Treatments and Cures Initiative of 2020 has qualified for the November 2020 statewide ballot. Voters will now have the opportunity to renew funding for the continued advancement of treatments and cures that could save or
Half a century ago, I witnessed an act of pure racist cruelty. I had been hired as a deckhand on a crewboat, ferrying supplies to the oilrigs, near Morgan City, Louisiana. But there was no work at the moment, and I was back at headquarters, hanging out by the boat dock at the edge of
“The global epidemic of Alzheimer’s disease is worsening, and no approved treatment can revert or arrest progression of this disease.” — L. Goldstein, et al¹ In the classic comedy Splash, an old woman comes to work oddly dressed, with her bra on the outside of her sweater. It was just a funny moment, never explained. But
