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California Voters Deliver a Victory for Proposition 14

By |2021-08-01T16:09:07+00:00November 13th, 2020|

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

Proposition 14 to fund state stem cell research approved by California voters

By |2020-12-17T02:39:23+00:00November 12th, 2020|

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

California Prop 14 may change lives of sick kids, keep taxpayer funding of stem cell therapy research

By |2020-12-17T02:39:26+00:00November 2nd, 2020|

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

Opinion: Proposition 14 Could Save the Life of Someone You Love

By |2020-12-17T02:39:23+00:00October 31st, 2020|

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

USC Pediatric Surgeon Aims to Heal Infants Using Stem Cells

By |2020-12-17T02:39:30+00:00October 27th, 2020|

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.

Proposition 14 would give families a sense of hope and relief

By |2020-12-17T02:39:23+00:00October 26th, 2020|

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

U.S. Senator Edward Markey Endorses Proposition 14

By |2020-12-17T02:39:23+00:00October 24th, 2020|

PALO ALTO, CA – Today, United States Senator Edward Markey (D-MA)announced his endorsement of Proposition 14 – the California Stem Cell Research, Treatments and Cures Initiative of 2020. Senator Markey has been a longtime advocate and champion for increased research funding for chronic diseases, conditions and illnesses including stem cell science. Over more than four

Let’s Continue California Stem Cell Research to Save Lives: Support Proposition 14

By |2020-12-17T02:39:24+00:00October 23rd, 2020|

For more than 20 years, I was proud to work for you as a Senator and Member of the State Assembly, and later as Chairman of the California Democratic Party. For the past 11 years, I have had the honor of serving as the Vice President of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), a state

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