The last thing Maria Torres expected was to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. She exercised, ate well and kept her weight under control. There had to be some mistake. Maria asked her doctor to repeat ...

Get up to speed on stem cell research, from basic information about what stem cells are to detailed descriptions of how stem cells can improve human health. The term “stem cell” by itself can be ...

Oakland, CA – Nearly half a million Americans with kidney disease are on dialysis, a life-supporting treatment that filters out impurities and cleans the blood. Today the California Institute for ...

CIRM is governed by 35 dedicated Californians representing patients, researchers and the biotechnology industry whose knowledge, passion and commitment to CIRM’s mission has guided the organization ...

David Higgins, PhD, earned his PhD in molecular biology and genetics from the University of Rochester in New York, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Cancer Institute before moving ...

一种由抑制性神经元组成的细胞治疗产品，可以在脑外伤后迁移、整合和恢复神经功能。 近 6 万美国人（包括 700,000 万加州人）因脑外伤而患有永久性的身体或心理健康问题，但目前尚无治疗方法。我们建议研究创造一种能够恢复这些患者神经功能的细胞治疗 ...

San Francisco, CA – California’s stem cell agency, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) today approved $150 million in new funding to help move promising stem cell-based therapies ...

Jonathan Thomas, PhD, JD, is President and CEO of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). Thomas was previously the Chair of the CIRM governing Board from June 2011 to March 2023.

Currently, CIRM is not accepting new applications for any existing Clinical (CLIN), Translational (TRAN), Education (EDUC), or Infrastructure (INFR) opportunities. However, CIRM will accept ...

Our Agency funds clinical trials testing promising stem cell or gene therapies for currently incurable diseases or disorders to help patients with unmet medical needs. For basic information about stem ...

have the ability to divide and create an identical copy of themselves, a process called self-renewal; and can also divide to form cells that mature into cells that make up every type of tissue and ...

It takes a lot of effort to develop a promising stem cell research idea into an effective treatment that can help patients. CIRM funds a pipeline of projects spanning discovery, translation and ...