Stem Cells Restore Cognitive Abilities Impaired By Brain Tumor Treatment Nov 11, 2009
The study was supported by grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. Adapted from materials provided by , via , a service of AAAS. Email or share this story. (Science Daily)
Neural Stem Cells In Mice Affected By Gene Associated With Longevity Nov 6, 2009
The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the Brain Tumor Society, the Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Inc., the American Federation for Aging Research, the National Science Foundation, the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health and the National Library of Medicine. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
Viewpoints: State puts stem cell research on fast track Nov 5, 2009
That drive to innovate is what led voters to create the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and its charter to invest in stem cell research. The goal was clear: Keep California, its universities and biotech industry on the forefront of this most promising area of innovation in health care. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Stem cell agency awards $230 million in grants Oct 30, 2009
The four-year grants, funded by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, are the first to demand that scientists be prepared to start human clinical trials, with approval from the Food and Drug Administration, in the relatively near future ... Fourteen projects were funded by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. (San Francisco Chronicle)
CIRM awards $250M for stem cell research Oct 29, 2009
CIRM awards $250 million for stem cell research - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal ... CIRM awards $250 million for stem cell research ... CIRM, or the , worked with the Medical Research Council, UK, which gave $8 million, and with the Cancer Stem Cell Consortium, Canada, which gave $35 million. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Stem Cells Make Precursors For Sperm, Eggs Oct 29, 2009
The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program. Adapted from materials provided by , via , a service of AAAS. Email or share this story. (Science Daily)
Salk Institute Awarded Grant For ALS Project Oct 29, 2009
The grant was among $250 million awarded by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which was created to oversee the allocation of $3 billion in voter-approved bond money for stem cell research in the state. Sam Pfaff, a professor at the Salk's Gene Expression Laboratory and an investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, will lead the group of researchers working on the four-year project. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
UCSD Receives $20M Stem Cell Research Grant Oct 29, 2009
The grant was among $250 million awarded by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which was created to oversee the allocation of $3 billion in voter-approved bond money for stem cell research in the state. "This award will fund a team -- including researchers from disparate disciplines and key industry-academic partners -- to develop novel therapies targeting leukemia stem cells, with the goal of moving to clinical trials in the shortest possible time frame," said Dr. Catriona... (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
USC Gets Millions in Stem Cell Funding Oct 26, 2009
Published: Friday, August 28, 2009 4:37 PM PDT DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California have been awarded nearly $3 million in grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to support research into stem cell discoveries that lay the foundation for future therapies. The Basic Biology Awards received formal approval this month from the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee (ICOC), the 29-member governing... (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
What Drives Genes? Human Epigenome Mapped Oct 15, 2009
This work was supported in part by grants from the Mary K. Chapman Foundation, the NIH, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence Program and the Morgridge Institute for Research. Researchers who also contributed to the work include Robert H. Dowen and Joseph R. Nery in the Genomic Analysis Laboratory, Gary Hon, Leonard Lee, Zhen Ye, Que-Minh Ngo and Lee Edsall at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research at the University of... (Science Daily)
Scientists discover clues to what makes human muscle age Sep 30, 2009
Unlike humans, laboratory animals are bred to have identical genes and are raised in similar environments, noted Conboy, who received a New Faculty Award from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) that helped fund this research ... "Two weeks of immobilization only mildly affected young muscle, in terms of tissue maintenance and functionality, whereas old muscle began to atrophy and manifest signs of rapid tissue deterioration," said Carlson, the study's first author and a UC... (EurekAlert!)
Stem cell research sees interstate teamwork Sep 24, 2009
The agreement, announced Tuesday by leaders of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and the Maryland Technology Development Corp., will encourage researchers to work together and share data, according to the heads of both agencies. Alan Trounson, president of the California stem cell agency known as CIRM, said in an interview Tuesday that his organization plans similar agreements with state-supported stem cell organizations in Massachusetts, Wisconsin and New York, and already has... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Awards given for leukemia treatment, DNA advances Sep 14, 2009
Place an obit: (559) 441-6228. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Fresno Bee -- State)
'Liposuction leftovers' easily converted to IPS cells, Stanford study shows Sep 8, 2009
The research was supported by the Mallinckrodt Foundation, the American Heart Association, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the National Institutes of Health, the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, the Oak Foundation and the Hagey Laboratory for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine. The Stanford University School of Medicine consistently ranks among the nation's top 10 medical schools, integrating research, medical education, patient care and community service. (EurekAlert!)
'Liposuction Leftovers' Converted To Stem Cells Sep 8, 2009
The research was supported by the Mallinckrodt Foundation, the American Heart Association, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the National Institutes of Health, the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, the Oak Foundation and the Hagey Laboratory for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
Stem Cells Rescue Memory In Alzheimer's Mice Jul 22, 2009
6 million by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine toward the development of an Alzheimer's therapy involving human neural stem cells ... Funding for the study was provided by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. (Science Daily)
Stem Cells' 'Suspended' State Preserved By Key Step, Scientists Report Jul 11, 2009
The research is supported, in part, by the National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
Daniel W. Hancock: State's stem cell institute needs a revamp Jul 9, 2009
In its short life, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has made grants of $700 million for new laboratories, training and basic scientific research, drawing scientists from around the world to establish California as the epicenter of stem cell research ... Fulfilling the voters' goals for Proposition 71, however, will remain difficult as the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine moves forward with its agenda to fund work that translates research into new medical... (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Feds ease restrictions on use of stem cells Jul 8, 2009
Almost all of the stem cell lines developed in California are expected to meet the NIH ethics guidelines, said Geoffrey Lomax, senior officer for medical and ethical standards with the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. The institute was created by a voter initiative in 2004 to support stem cell research. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Gladstone scientists identify genetic factors that hold promise for treatment of vascular diseases Jul 6, 2009
The research was supported the National Institutes of Health, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and the American Heart Association. Other authors on the study include Neil T. Sheehy, Mark White, Emily Berry, Sarah U. Morton, Alecia N. Muth, and Kathryn N. Ivey of Gladstone and UCSF and Ting-Hein Lee and Joseph M. Miano of the University of Rochester. (EurekAlert!)
Editorial: Time for change at stem cell institute Jul 5, 2009
George Runner to examine the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. This is the name for the stem cell agency that voters created in 2004 to distribute nearly $3 billion in grants for research and laboratory construction. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Stem cell institute shows it still hasn't reached maturity Jul 5, 2009
The Commission said the oversight board for the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) should be restructured around "principles of efficiency and transparency." It recommended reducing the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee (ICOC) from 29 members to 15 and clarifying the roles of the chairman and president ... "Once again, the agency is circling the wagons in defense and wasting taxpayer money. Instead of worrying about the Little Hoover Commission Report, the ICOC should... (Fresno Bee)
State's Good Government Agency Calls for Reforms at Stem Cell Agency Jun 27, 2009
The Commission said the oversight board for the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) should be restructured around "principles of efficiency and transparency." It recommended reducing the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee (ICOC) from 29 members to 15 and clarifying the roles of the chairman and president. "This is a thoughtful and thorough analysis from a bipartisan group with no ax to grind. CIRM's management and board should listen to its advice," said John M. Simpson,... (PR Newswire)
Letters to the editor Jun 25, 2009
I am in CIRM's offices every day, and I have personally witnessed a very effective division of leadership, with the chair taking responsibility for finances his expertise and the agency's president managing the science his expertise ... After all my years in state government, I have rarely seen an agency as transparent as CIRM. Its board meetings are webcast, and virtually every move it makes is documented via transcripts on its Web site. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
CIRMs science officer to resign Jun 25, 2009
Csete was hired by CIRM in March 2008 from Emory University, where she was doing basic research on the role of oxygen in stem cell death and differentiation. She had served on CIRM s scientific and working group that reviews grants ... She replaced Arlene Chiu, who left CIRM for the National Institutes of Health. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
It's time for new leader, fresh start for California's stem cell agency Jun 22, 2009
For more than four years, we've detailed how Klein's all-powerful control has not always been in the best interest of either taxpayers or the stem cell agency, which is called the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Now it appears that Klein will step down from CIRM at the end of 2010. (Fresno Bee)
Editorial: Stem cell chief's exit is long overdue Jun 20, 2009
For more than four years, this page has detailed how Klein's all-powerful control has not been in the best interest of either taxpayers or the stem cell agency, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Now it appears that Klein will step down from CIRM at the end of 2010 more than 18 months away. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Combined stem cell-gene therapy approach cures human genetic disease in vitro Jun 1, 2009
6 million from the California Institute Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to pursue research aimed at translating basic science into clinical cures. "If we can demonstrate that a combined iPSgene therapy approach works in humans, then there is no limit to what we can do," says Verma. (EurekAlert!)
Inner Workings Of Human Embryonic Stem Cells May 7, 2009
" Because there is typically less "wiggle room" in the levels of microRNA compared to mRNA, further studies are needed to quantify more precisely the copy numbers of miR-145 and its targets, to figure out exactly how this layer of control really works, Kosik said. Kosik credits the lion's share of this discovery to first author Na Xu, a postdoctoral fellow who is also supported by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). "Na Xu deserves enormous credit for this work," said... (Science Daily)
UC Davis gets $7M stem cell research grant May 1, 2009
These grants are an important part of CIRM s strategy to fund the best basic research and then bring the results of that work to patients, said CIRM president Alan Trounson. The stem cell agency has received $275 million from a recent bond sale to fund stem cell research. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Stanford gets $5.8M stem cell grant Apr 30, 2009
7 million as part of CIRM s Early Translational Research Awards program, which aims to move promising research from the lab to the clinics. CIRM has given Stanford $107 million in all ... 5 billion -- $275 million of which went to CIRM -- the institute was able to pay off a prior state loan and give out grants. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
BIOTECH: Local stem cell scientists get $36M from state Apr 30, 2009
7 million awarded by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. This batch of grants were awarded to advance basic research into patient care. (North County Times)
Creating Ideal Neural Cells For Clinical Use Apr 19, 2009
This research received funding from the National Institutes of Health and the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
Pelosi rebuts critics of stem cell research Apr 19, 2009
" Former California state Sen. Art Torres, now vice chairman of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the state office that supports and funds stemcell research, said that Palin's comments were "very disappointing. because it's such a blatant campaign move. (San Francisco Chronicle)
UCSF team closer to creating safe embryonic-like stem cells Apr 13, 2009
The study was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Pew Charitable Trust and National Science Foundation. Co-authors of the study are Joshua Babiarz and Monica Venere of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCSF.. (EurekAlert!)
Another View: Bee all wrong on makeup of stem cell panel Mar 29, 2009
Francisco J. Prieto, a doctor for the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the stem cell research institute financed with $3 billion in bonds that voters approved in 2004. He is responding to the March 18 editorial "Curious oversight at stem cell agency.". (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Bush bioethics advisors take potshot at Obama stem cell platform Mar 28, 2009
edu/) at UC Irvine, courtesy of California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. You might have thought that earlier this month, lifting restrictions on federally funded , would render obsolete the opinions of a Bush-appointed council tasked with advising the former chief executive on stem cells and other hot-button bioethics issues. (Scientific American)
What's Driving Specific Patterns Of Gene Expression Among Cell Types? Mar 28, 2009
Funding for this research was provided in part by The American Cancer Society, the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, the National Cancer Institute, the National Human Genome Research Institute and the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). Adapted from materials provided by , via , a service of AAAS. Email or share this story. (Science Daily)
Embryonic stem cells Mar 20, 2009
Its magic, responded Alan Trounson, president of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, a state body that is spending $3 billion on ES cells and other stem cells. Its been difficult to explain to people in this country, and all over the world, why the U.S. was not really part of the whole stem-cell revolution. (Why Files)
Wesley J. Smith: Stem cell debate is over ethics, not science Mar 19, 2009
Indeed, although the Bush administration funded about $175 million in grants for human embryonic stem cell research, and despite the literally billions poured into the field from public and private sources such as the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, or CIRM, and philanthropists, the public was continually warned that embryonic stem cell research in the United States was in danger of withering on the vine due to Bush. With such abundant funding, that wasn't true. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
CIRM picks two vice chairs Mar 13, 2009
Torres is the ultimate political insider and was nominated by state Treasurer Bill Lockyer, a Democrat responsible for selling the bonds that fund CIRM. Roth, the founder of a San Diego pharmaceutical company and now in charge of a nonprofit helping life sciences and technology startups in the San Diego area, was nominated by Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger is a supporter of stem cell research who last fall vetoed a bill that would have made it easier for CIRM to fund... (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
John M. Simpson: State stem cell program poised to prosper Mar 12, 2009
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, or CIRM, first fought off legal challenges and now has awarded $693 million in grants ... The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine must adjust quickly on all three fronts if it is to serve the state and science well. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Science prevails Mar 11, 2009
So after the bond passed, the new California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) negotiated a groundbreaking set of policies to share the profits from any successful therapies with the state. When federal money starts flowing into California for stem cell research - which it will - California taxpayers will still benefit from those profit-sharing policies. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Stem cell research facility coming to UC Merced Mar 11, 2009
Almost $4 million of the $6 million research facility is coming from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine ... The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine was created in 2005 with the passage of the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act, which provided $3 billion in funding for research at California universities and research institutions. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Stanford researchers applaud stem cell decision Mar 10, 2009
California voters approved Proposition 71 in 2005 which created the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) with $3 billion in funding over 10 years, enabling embryonic stem cell work to continue at Stanford and elsewhere in the state despite the ban on using federal funds. "Thanks to CIRM, Stanford and other California institutions have a head start in this type of research and we can therefore take full advantage of the newly available federal funds," Dr. Irving Weissman,... (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Obama to restore stem cell funding Mar 8, 2009
Srivastava said California is well placed to capture a significant share of that federal money because the state's $3 billion taxpayer-supported stem cell agency, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, has already paid to train scientists, support research and build new laboratories ... The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine was set up by the voter initiative Proposition 71 to fund research that the federal government could not support under the Bush restrictions. (San Francisco Chronicle)
No comments posted. Mar 8, 2009
The facility is the product of a public-private partnership between the voter-created California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the USC Keck School of Medicine and the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation. CIRM recently awarded USC nearly $27 million for the facility, supplementing a $30 million gift from the Broad Foundation in 2006. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Report: Obama to lift stem cell ban Monday Mar 7, 2009
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine the San Francisco-based state agency responsible for a pot of $3 billion ultimately in stem cell research funds had no immediate comment on the report. CIRM, however, since mid-January has said that lifting the restrictions put in place by President Bush would be dramatic nonetheless. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
UCLA stem cells scientists make electrically active motor neurons from iPS cells Feb 25, 2009
The study was funded in part by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the state agency that administers Proposition 71 stem cell research funding, and was the result of a highly collaborative effort between Lowry's lab and other UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center faculty including Bennett Novitch, Harley Kornblum and Martina Wiedau-Pazos. The stem cell center was launched in 2005 with a UCLA commitment of $20 million over five years. (EurekAlert!)
California stem cell agency to seek $400M Feb 18, 2009
The agency s plans have always called for raising new capital on a cash-flow, as-needed basis, CIRM said on its Web site ... That has left CIRM with cash reserves of only $160 million ... CIRM s funding commitments through the first half of this year total $107. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Stem cell research uncovers mechanism for type 2 diabetes Feb 13, 2009
This study was funded by grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the JW Kieckhefer Foundation. The publication can be found at. (EurekAlert!)
BIOTECH: Budget crisis holds up local stem cell training Feb 11, 2009
The grant was tentatively awarded Jan. 30 by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which sells state bonds to fund its 3 billion program. The institute supports research into stem cells, the "ancestral" cells that turn into nearly all cells in the body, as a means of treating disease. (North County Times)
Stem cell board awards, then delays, new grants Feb 8, 2009
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine was created in 2004 with voter approval of Proposition 71, a $3 billion bond issue to push stem cell research in the state. Since then, the institution's independent governing board has awarded nearly $700 million in research and training grants to universities, specialized institutions and a few research-focused companies. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Nature Reports Stem Cells Feb 8, 2009
Currently, CIRM can pay all existing funding commitments through September 2009. The FDA has given permission for Geron to try an embryonic stem cell based therapy for spinal cord injury in up to 10 patients. (Nature News Service)
