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CIRM is California's Stem Cell Agency. Our mission is to accelerate stem cell treatments for patients with unmet medical needs by funding promising stem cell research in California.
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The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) recently awarded $1.5 million to a new research project led by Michael Wells, PhD, of UCLA, that aims to identify the genetic and molecular risk factors underlying disease-causing viral infections in multiple diverse ancestral populations.
Dr. Wells and his team of researchers will be using a stem cell-based “cell village” platform to analyze factors underlying differences in viral susceptibility across 150 donors. These cell villages are composed of cells that capture the immense diversity of racia ..read more
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3d ago
Regenerative medicine is a rapidly evolving field. As more therapies reach commercialization and clinical trial stages, there remains an immediate need to equip direct patient care nurses with skills to support patients on complex clinical trials as well as novel standard-of-care therapies.
To address this need and continue efforts to build a regenerative medicine workforce in California, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) partnered with City of Hope and the Alpha Clinics Network to host the Regenerative Medicine Nurse Training Symposium in April. Nearly 200 peopl ..read more
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1w ago
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The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) recently awarded $1.5 million to Denise Al Alam, PhD, of the Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center to support research that aims to understand lung disease in individuals with Trisomy 21, also known as Down Syndrome.
Although Trisomy 21 affects multiple organ systems, respiratory complications are a major cause of death in both children and adults with this genetic condition. Dr. Al Alam’s project will use patient-derived pluripotent stem cells from ethnical ..read more
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2w ago
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The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has recently approved awarding $25 million to fund multiple projects across discovery research, clinical research, and infrastructure programs.
This funding will support 11 projects under CIRM’s Foundation Awards Program, which aims to drive rigorous studies addressing critical basic knowledge gaps in the biology of stem cells and regenerative medicine approaches and advance stem cell-based tools.
Additionally, CIRM awarded $6 million to Eugenio Cingolani, PhD, of Cedars Sinai, to support a preclinical proj ..read more
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2w ago
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), established by the voters of California, is accelerating research and awareness of Sickle Cell Disease.
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), one of the world’s largest institutions dedicated to regenerative medicine, is proud to announce the launch of “Championing Change for Sickle Cell in California,” a pioneering campaign aimed at increasing awareness of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and research aimed at improving the treatment landscape for the condition.
With more than 100,000 Americans and 20 million people wor ..read more
CIRM
3w ago
CIRM has produced videos highlighting the experiences of participants from our educational and training programs.
At the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), we are passionate about catalyzing growth in regenerative medicine while championing inclusivity. One of CIRM’s strategic goals is to build a diverse and skilled workforce that represents the rich tapestry of California’s population.
That’s why the CIRM—spearheaded by the Scientific Programs & Education team—is launching a set of videos to showcase the unique perspectives of CIRM’s educational and train ..read more
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3w ago
Hataalii Tiisyatonii Begay (HT) participated in a CIRM-funded clinical trial at UCSF for Artemis-SCID, a condition that can be life-threatening or fatal. Photo courtesy Barbara Ries / UCSF.
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) funds innovative cell and gene therapy research and educational programs to advance regenerative medicine in the Golden State. Just as important is CIRM’s commitment to ensuring that Californians from diverse backgrounds have access to groundbreaking clinical trials for a variety of diseases and condition resulting from the research.   ..read more
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1M ago
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The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has awarded a $5.3 million to Karen Aboody, MD of City of Hope for late-stage preclinical research to develop a neural stem cell mediated treatment for a chemo-resistant, metastatic ovarian cancer.
Approximately 22,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer—the most lethal gynecologic malignancy—each year in the US. At diagnosis, more than 70 percent of patients are already late stage with abdominal metastases, leading to a dismal 34 percent 5-year survival rate.
The standard of care include ..read more
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1M ago
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The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has awarded $7.9 million to Barbara Hickingbottom, MD, of Fate Therapeutics to advance clinical research for FT819, an induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived CD19 CAR T-cell therapy for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE).
SLE is a debilitating autoimmune disease and affects more than 200,000 Americans, particularly women of color.
FT819 targets B cells with the aim to reset the immune system and provi ..read more
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2M ago
Photo Credit: California State University, San Marcos.
Cal State San Marcos cellular and molecular biology student and former California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) Bridges intern Kevin Brown Jr. has been awarded the Rising Black Scientist Award from the journal Cell Press, Cell Signaling Technology (CST), and the Elsevier Foundation.
Brown was selected from a pool of more than 350 applicants in various sciences. In the application, Cell Press asked emerging black scientists to share their scientific vision, experiences that sparked their interest in science, how ..read more