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THIS BLOG IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIO CAST Sometimes when I am giving public presentations people ask if stem cells are good for the face. I always say that if stem cells could help improve peo...

https://blog.cirm.ca.gov/2022/04/13/turning-back-the-clock-to-make-old-skin-cells-young-again/

All this month we are using our blog and social media to highlight a new chapter in CIRM’s life, thanks to the voters approving Proposition 14. We are looking back at what we have done since we...

https://blog.cirm.ca.gov/2021/01/04/a-month-of-cirm-where-weve-been-where-were-going/

One of the hottest areas in cancer research right now is the use of CAR-T treatments. These use the patient’s own re-engineered immune system cells to target and kill the tumor. But the thing t...

https://blog.cirm.ca.gov/2019/12/11/an-off-the-shelf-cancer-killer/

For several years, researchers have been able to take stem cells and use them to make three dimensional structures called organoids. These are a kind of mini organ that scientists can then use to...

https://blog.cirm.ca.gov/2019/08/30/brains-in-a-dish-that-can-create-electrical-impulses/

Can cell therapy beat the most difficult diseases? That’s the question posed in a headline in National Geographic. The answer; maybe, but it is going to take time and money. The article focuses...

https://blog.cirm.ca.gov/2019/02/22/stories-that-caught-our-eye-national-geographic-takes-a-deep-dive-into-ips-cells-japanese-researchers-start-ips-cell-clinical-trial-for-spinal-cord-injury-and-do-high-fat-diets-increase-your-risk-o/

One of the biggest obstacles to transplanting organs from one person to another is that the immune system of the person getting the new life-saving organ often tries to reject it. The immune cell...

https://blog.cirm.ca.gov/2018/12/05/scientists-say-theyre-one-step-closer-to-being-able-to-build-a-new-you-using-your-own-stem-cells/

Here are the stem cell stories that caught our eye this week. Cool Stem Cell Photo: Kidneys in the spotlight I had to take a second look at this picture when I first saw it. I honestly thought it...

https://blog.cirm.ca.gov/2018/02/16/stem-cell-roundup-lab-grown-meat-stem-cell-vaccines-for-cancer-and-a-free-kidney-atlas-for-all/

Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, others are of personal interest to us, and still others are just fun. Scientists finally grow ...

https://blog.cirm.ca.gov/2017/05/19/stem-cell-stories-that-caught-our-eye-lab-grown-blood-stem-cells-and-puffer-fish-have-the-same-teeth-stem-cells-as-humans/

April is Parkinson’s disease Awareness Month. This year the date is particularly significant because 2017 is the 200th anniversary of the publication of British apothecary James Parkinson’s �...

https://blog.cirm.ca.gov/2017/04/10/how-parkinsons-disease-became-personal-for-one-stem-cell-researcher/

There’s more plasticity in the pancreas than we thought. You’re taught a lot of things about the world when you’re young. As you get older, you realize that not everything you’re told hol...

https://blog.cirm.ca.gov/2017/04/07/stem-cell-stories-that-caught-our-eye-plasticity-in-the-pancreas-and-two-cool-stem-cell-tools-added-to-the-research-toolbox/