AGAINST THE PLAGUE: The California Stem Cell Program Fights Back
We cannot overestimate the stakes of the battle we are in. In America alone, approximately 70,000 children, women, and men have died from the COVID-19 virus — and nearly a million and a half are infected.
Stem Cell Initiative Submits Signatures to Qualify for November Ballot
PALO ALTO, CA — The California Stem Cell Research, Treatments and Cures Initiative of 2020 today finished submitting approximately 925,000 signatures to California’s counties to
Petition for $5.5 billion stem cell ballot measure goes electronic during COVID-19 lockdown
Backers of a potential $5.5 billion funding plan for California's stem cell research agency are going electronic to collect the final signatures on petitions to place the measure on the November ballot.
California stem cell advocates plead for mail-in signatures to put measure on ballot
Supporters of a proposed $5.5 billion bond measure that would keep California’s stem cell research institute in business are asking thousands of people to mail in their signatures in hopes of qualifying the initiative for the November ballot.
California’s Stem Cell Institute Dedicates $5 Million to Fight COVID-19
LOS ANGELES, CA — The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) today voted to redirect $5 million to support projects dedicated to combatting the spread
UC Board of Regents Endorses 2020 Stem Cell Initiative
LOS ANGELES, CA — The University of California (UC) Board of Regents last week voted to endorse the California Stem Cell Research, Treatments and Cures
Initiative would benefit stem cell research
While it is estimated that more than 60,000 people in San Diego County are affected by Parkinson's disease, there are at least 70 residents here
CIRM supported study of gene silencer blocks ALS degeneration, saves motor function
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that destroys the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.
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