Category Archives: Stem Cell Research

(Part 2 of 4) Peter Butler, MD spoke at the Spotlight on Juvenile Diabetes, an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on September 25, 2008. Butler summarized normal glucose metabolism, explained how loss of pancreatic beta islet cells leads to diabetes, and presented evidence for beta cell regeneration in adults. Butler is the Director of the Larry Hillblom Islet Research Center at the University of California, Los Angeles Follow this link: Diabetes: Spotlight on Stem Cell Research - Peter Butler … Continue reading →

(Part 2 of 3) Irv Weissman, Ph.D., spoke at the "Spotlight on Basic Research," an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on August 20, 2009. Irv Weissman described how his lab's basic research of the immune system led to the identification of blood-forming stem cells and new therapeutic strategies to treat various blood diseases. He has a CIRM Disease Team grant to develop therapeutic antibodies for targeting human acute myeloid leukemia stem cells Continue reading here: Spotlight on Basic Stem Cell Research - Irv Weissman … Continue reading →

(Part 3 of 4) Ebenezer N. Read the rest here: Deafness: Spotlight on Stem Cell Research - Ebenezer Yamoah … Continue reading →

John Zaia, MD, spoke at the "Spotlight on Disease Team Awards: HIV/AIDS," an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on April 29, 2010. Zaia is the chairman in department of virology and he holds the Aaron D. and Edith Miller Chair for Gene Therapy at the Beckman Research Institute at the City of Hope Link: HIV/AIDS: Spotlight on Stem Cell Research - John Zaia … Continue reading →

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Stem Cell Research in the UK - Professor Charles Ffrench-Constant presentation at the 2011 UK Transverse Myelitis Conference, April 2011 The rest is here: TMconfUK2011-08 - Stem Cell Research in the UK - Prof Charles Ffrench-Constant … Continue reading →

(Part 3 of 4) Hans Keirstead, Ph.D., spoke at the "Spotlight on Huntington's Disease," an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on December 12, 2007. Keirstead described strategies for using human embryonic stem cells to better understand Huntington's disease. He also explained the importance of generating highly purified human stem cell lines in a FDA-compliant manner that is scalable for future clinical use. Go here to see the original: Huntington's Disease: Spotlight on Stem Cell Research 2007 - Han Keirstead … Continue reading →

(Part 1 of 5) Robert Klein, JD and Philip Pizzo, MD, gave the welcoming remarks for the "Spotlight on Arthritis," an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on January 30, 2009. Klein is Chair of the CIRM Governing Board Here is the original post: Arthritis: Spotlight on Stem Cell Research - Introduction … Continue reading →

"After 25 years of seraching and 50 years since the discovery of stem cells by Till and McCulloch, we have discovered the 'pure' human blood stem cell," says principal investigator John Dick, who holds a Canada Research Chair in Stem Cell Biology and is a Senior Scientist at the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine and the Ontario Cancer Institute, University Health Network. Release available here: http://www.uhn.ca Read the original: Stem Cell Research In Toronto … Continue reading →

An Ohio Roman Catholic bishop has told the parishes and schools of his diocese to stop raising money for a national breast cancer charity. See the original post: Bishop Blair bars support for Komen breast cancer group … Continue reading →