Meet Dr. Andrew McMahon. He's the Principal Investigator at the University of Southern California's (USC) Stem Cell McMahon Lab. Dr. McMahon's research focuses on the generation and repair of the kidney by identifying the regulatory processes that maintain, expand and differentiate kidney stem cells to the mature cell types of the functional kidney. In the adult,
Meet Dr. Dennis O. Clegg. He is professor and principal investigator at the University of California, Santa Barbara's (UCSB) Clegg Lab. Dr. Clegg's research focuses on neural development and regeneration with studies of extracellular matrix and integrin function in the developing eye. His current emphasis is in stem cell research, with a focus on developing
A member of the California stem cell program’s board of directors, and San Francisco County Supervisor Jeff Sheehy is a tall, broad-shouldered man, with more than a passing resemblance to a young John Wayne. He has a daughter, Michele, age eleven; her eyes just shine when she looks at her Dad. So what is the
Meet Kris Boesen, one of the five previously paralyzed patients who saw increased mobility after participating in University of Southern California and Asterias Biotherapeutics’ human clinical trial.
