Category Archives: Stem Cell Research

KXAN covered the August 16th Learn for Life education event at LIVESTRONG HQ hosted by Texans for Stem Cell Research (TSCR). Read the original here: Texans for Stem Cell Research Learn for Life: KXAN Coverage Aired August 16th, 2011 … Continue reading →

thesciencenetwork.org Mark Collins is President of the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research. The rest is here: Stemcell Research and Aging - Panel 1 … Continue reading →

Learn more about adult and non-embryonic stem cell research at Notre Dame: adultstemcell.nd.edu Some of the world's leading scholars across a variety of relevant disciplines visited the University of Notre Dame for a week-long "Workshop on Adult and Non-embryonic Stem Cell Research," held on campus in July. Learn More newsinfo.nd.edu See the rest here: Adult and Non-Embryonic Stem Cell Research Conference at Notre Dame … Continue reading →

Huntington's disease is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder that typically strikes in a person's thirties and leads to death about 10 to 15 years later. No effective therapy exists for the disease. Jan Nolta, director of the UC Davis Stem Cell Program and Institute for Regenerative Cures, has a CIRM Early Translational Award to develop stem cell-based therapies for Huntington's disease. Continued here: Stem Cell Research: Huntington's Disease … Continue reading →

Amazing Discovery - A new stem cell spray gun to heal burn victims. See the original post here: The Skin Gun stem cell research … Continue reading →

(Part 2 of 4) Karen Doyle, MD, Ph.D., spoke at the "Spotlight on Deafness," an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on March 12, 2008. Dolye briefly summarized the current clinical options for treating hearing loss and discussed the promise of stem cell research in overcoming the limitations of hearing loss treatment. Doyle is a professor of otology and neurotology at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine. Read the rest here: Deafness: Spotlight on Stem Cell Research - Karen Doyle … Continue reading →

Dr. Jane Lebkowski, executive vice president and chief scientific officer at Geron Corporation, gave the keynote address for the 2011 CIRM Bridges Trainee Meeting. See more here: Geron's Embryonic Stem Cell Clinical Trial for Spinal Cord Injury … Continue reading →

(Part 1 of 4) Robert Klein, JD and Leeza Gibbons, gave the welcoming remarks for the "Spotlight on Alzheimer's Disease," an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on December 10, 2008. Klein is Chair of the CIRM Governing Board and President of Klein Financial Corporation. See original here: Alzheimer's Disease: Spotlight on Stem Cell Research - Leeza Gibbons … Continue reading →

Loring Leeds, spoke at the "Spotlight on Disease Team Awards: HIV/AIDS," an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on April 29, 2010. Leeds is a patient advocate and was introduce by John Zaia, MD, chairman in department of virology at the Beckman Research Institute at the City of Hope Excerpt from: HIV/AIDS: Spotlight on Stem Cell Research - Loren Leeds … Continue reading →

(Part 2 of 3) Arnold Kriegstein, MD, Ph.D., spoke at the "Spotlight on Parkinson's Disease," an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on May 7, 2008. Kriegstein reviewed the limitations of previous Parkinson's clinical trials and discussed the prospects for stem cell-based cell replacement therapies for Parkinson's disease See the rest here: Parkinson's Disease: Spotlight on Stem Cell Research - Arnold Kriegstein … Continue reading →