The Stem Cellar » Spinal Cord Injury

A spinal cord injury (SCI) is devastating, changing a person’s life in an instant. Every year, around the world, between 250,000 and 500,000 people suffer a spinal cord injury. Most of these ar...

https://blog.cirm.ca.gov/2022/12/09/update-on-spinal-cord-injury-patient-enrolled-in-cirm-funded-stem-cell-clinical-trial/

THIS BLOG IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIO CAST Every year millions of Americans suffer damage to their cartilage, either in their knee or other joints, that can eventually lead to osteoarthritis, p...

https://blog.cirm.ca.gov/2022/01/28/two-early-stage-research-programs-targeting-cartilage-damage-get-funding-from-stem-cell-agency/

Legend has it that Thomas Edison “failed” 1,000 times before he managed to create the incandescent lightbulb. Edison says he didn’t get discouraged, instead he looked at each unsuccessful e...

https://blog.cirm.ca.gov/2020/12/10/making-a-good-thing-better/

On December 12th we hosted our latest ‘Facebook Live: Ask the Stem Cell Team’ event. This time around we really did mean team. We had a host of our Science Officers answering questions from f...

https://blog.cirm.ca.gov/2019/12/23/facebook-live-ask-the-stem-cell-team/

It’s always satisfying to see two projects you have supported for a long time do well. That’s particularly true when the projects in question are targeting conditions that have no other effec...

https://blog.cirm.ca.gov/2019/11/20/good-news-for-two-cirm-supported-therapies/

The beginning of a clinical trial, particularly the first time a new therapy is being tested in people, is often a time of equal parts anticipation and nervousness. Anticipation, because you have...

https://blog.cirm.ca.gov/2019/05/03/one-year-later-spinal-cord-therapy-still-looks-promising/

Getting older is a normal, at times existential, part of life. The outward changes are abundant and noticeable: thinning of the hair, greying of the hair, and added lines to the face. There are a...

https://blog.cirm.ca.gov/2019/03/27/old-cells-need-not-apply-how-a-stem-cells-age-can-impact-potential-treatments/

Don Reed has been a champion of CIRM even before there was a CIRM. He’s a pioneer in pushing for funding for stem cell research and now he’s working hard to raise awareness about the differen...

https://blog.cirm.ca.gov/2019/03/18/rats-research-and-the-road-to-new-therapies/

Spinal cord injuries (SCIs) affect approximately 300,000 Americans, with about 18,000 new cases occurring per year. One of these patients, Jake Javier, who we have written about many times over t...

https://blog.cirm.ca.gov/2019/01/16/using-3d-printer-to-develop-treatment-for-spinal-cord-injury/

You never know when you write something if people are going to read it. Sometimes you wonder if anyone is going to read it. So, it’s always fun, and educational, to look back at the end of the ...

https://blog.cirm.ca.gov/2018/12/31/the-most-popular-stem-cellar-posts-of-2018/