CIRM in the News
CIRM is gratified to receive media attention from around the globe. Check out the highlights of press coverage below. For more CIRM news, visit our The Stem Cellar.
April 22, 2022
UC San Diego newsroom
How Ovarian Cancer Defies Immunotherapy
April 22, 2022
UC Davis Health News
Could CAR T cells offer hope for an HIV cure?
April 22, 2022
UCSF Newsroom
UCSF researchers hope to cure sickle cell disease through CRISPR gene editing
April 22, 2022
Capitol Weekly
Stem cell money flows, as search expands for ‘miraculous’ cures
April 22, 2022
San Francisco Business Times
California stem cell agency CIRM moving to peninsula
April 22, 2022
Business Wire
Immusoft Receives $4M in Funding from California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
April 22, 2022
Sickle Cell Disease News
New blood stem cell roadmap may advance SCD treatments
April 22, 2022
CSUN today
CSUN Receives $3.6M for Undergraduate Research Training
April 22, 2022
UC San Diego
State Stem Cell Agency Funds Three New UC San Diego Projects
April 22, 2022
Capitol Weekly
CIRM: Is it really targeting cures or just boiling the ocean
April 22, 2022
Healio
City of Hope receives $4.9 million for basic stem cell research
April 22, 2022
USC Newsroom
California’s stem cell agency awards USC $5 million to train scientists and clinicians
April 22, 2022
Capitol Weekly
Stem cell agency: Following the money and its performance
April 22, 2022
UC Irvine news
UCI receives 5-year $5 million CIRM award for training of diverse researchers
April 22, 2022
UC Santa Cruz newsroom
Stem cell agency funds research training program at UC Santa Cruz
April 22, 2022
UC Riverside Newsroom
UC Riverside receives $5M CIRM grant to train scientists in stem cell research
April 22, 2022
City of Hope
City of Hope awarded $4.9 million from CIRM to train future leaders in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine
April 22, 2022
UCI News
$5.5 million CIRM grant to fund development of new cervical spinal cord injury therapeutic
April 22, 2022
Capitol Weekly
State Stem Cell Agency’s First Royalties, $15 million from Stanford
April 22, 2022
UCSF News
UCSF Awarded Nearly $8.4M for Clinical Trial Testing SCD CRISPR
April 22, 2022
Stanford Newsroom
Researchers awarded $31 million for clinical trials to treat stroke, heart failure and brain cancer
April 22, 2022
UC Davis Health
California Stem Cell Agency Funds Research into Angelman Syndrome and Bioprint Pacemaker
April 22, 2022
Globe Newswire
California Stem Cell Agency Awards the Stone Research Foundation $1.3m to Fight Osteoarthritis
April 22, 2022
UC Davis Health News
Cellular Therapy Improves Signs and Symptoms of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
April 22, 2022
UCSF newsroom
UCSF Gene Therapy for Deadly Mutation Fast-Tracked for FDA Review
April 22, 2022
Ophthamology Times
Discovery by USC investigators shows long-term viability of stem cell derived retinal implant
April 22, 2022
Stanford News
Researcher awarded $12 million for a stem cell trial to improve outcomes of young blood cancer patients
April 22, 2022
Los Angeles Times
A business’ bottom line vs a rare disease’s cure
April 22, 2022
University of British Columbia
Stem cell-based treatment produces insulin in patients with type 1 diabetes
April 22, 2022
Cal Matters
Research topics to expand as California passes stem cell measure
April 22, 2022
Capitol Weekly
Clinical trial into bubble baby disease back on track
April 22, 2022
Ontario Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Urgent Appeal to the Government of Ontario
April 22, 2022
UCLA News room
UCLA scientists make strides toward an ‘off-the-shelf’ therapy for cancer
April 22, 2022
The Guardian UK
“This is such an important moment’: How stem cell research is transforming medicine
April 22, 2022
Big Think
Osteoarthritis: Stem Cell Treatment Could Regenerate Cartilage Without Surgery
April 22, 2022
UCLA news room
UCLA gene therapy gives news life to girl born with fatal immune disorder
April 22, 2022
Los Angeles Times
Why the death of a stem cell cure is actually good news
April 22, 2022
Times of San Diego
Proposition 14 Aims to Keep California at Worldwide Center of Stem Cell Research
April 22, 2022
San Francisco Chronicle
UCSF Oakland just got $17 million to find a cure for sickle cell disease
December 11, 2020
UCLA Health News
Six patients with rare blood disease are doing well after gene therapy clinical trial
December 11, 2020
Xconomy
Viacyte Adds $27M to Move Ahead Trio of Stem Cell Diabetes Treatments
December 11, 2020
Technology Network
Can Stem Cells Heal a Brain Injury? A New Biomarker May Predict the Answer
December 11, 2020
BioSpace
ViaCyte and Gore Enter Clinical Phase Agreement Based on Novel Membrane Technology for PEC-Encap Product Candidate
December 11, 2020
San Francisco Chronicle
Former California state Sen. Art Torres makes the trip from SFMTA to UC Board of Regents
December 11, 2020
Stanford News
Exercise restores youthful properties to muscle stem cells of old mice
December 11, 2020
Science Daily
Scientists show MRI predicts the efficacy of a stem cell therapy for brain injury
December 11, 2020
KGO-TV
Future of curing knee pain? Stanford study finds solution involving creating new cartilage
December 11, 2020
San Francisco Business Times
How this Stanford biotech spinout plans to quickly boost gene therapy
December 11, 2020
USC News
USC Stem Cell scientists use “mini-lungs” and lung models to understand COVID-19
December 11, 2020
UCSD Health News
UC San Diego to Advance Stem Cell Therapies in New Space Station Lab
December 11, 2020
Stanford News
Stanford scientists solve secret of nerve cells marking a form of schizophrenia
December 11, 2020
BioSpace
Celularity announces the activation of first California Clinical Trial Site following CIRM Grant Award to Advance Treatments for COVID-19
December 11, 2020
Stanford News
Researchers find method to regrow cartilage in the joints
December 11, 2020
LA Business Journal
City of Hope receives grant for COVID-19 study
December 11, 2020
STAT News
How do you separate scientifically sound stem cell therapies from scams?
December 11, 2020
san Francisco Business Times
California’s stem cell research agency may redirect $5 million to COVID-19 fund
December 11, 2020
UC Irvine News
UCI clinical trial targeting retinitis pigmentosa receives $6.6M grant from California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
December 11, 2020
San Francisco Chronicle
California stem cell advocates submit signatures for $5.5 billion bond measure
December 11, 2020
Pain News Network
New Drug Could Improve Effectiveness of Stem Cell Therapy
December 11, 2020
Lineage Cell Therapeutics
Lineage Cell Therapeutics Proudly Supports Patients’ Access to Innovative Cell Therapy Treatments and Research Through Passage of Proposition 14
December 11, 2020
India Times
Indian-American UCLA professors uncover how COVID-19 virus affects multiple organs in mice
December 11, 2020
Science Daily
World’s first: Drug guides stem cells to desired location, improving their ability to heal
December 11, 2020
Lab-Grown Human Brain Organoids Mimic an Autism Spectrum Disorder, Help Test Treatments
December 11, 2020
Bond Buyer News
California’s stem cell research agency looks to the future
December 11, 2020
Rocket Pharmaceuticals
Rocket Pharmaceuticals Receives Funding from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine for Phase 1 Clinical Trial of RP-L401 for Infantile Malignant Osteopetrosis
December 11, 2020
Times of San Diego
Stem Cell Medical Research to Expand in California Following Passage of Prop. 14
December 11, 2020
Los Angeles Times
For a man long afflicted with an illness made riskier by COVID-19, hope for the holidays
December 11, 2020
San Diego Union Tribune
Prop. 14’s passage replenishes California stem cell agency’s coffers with $5.5B
December 3, 2018
Capitol Weekly
Stem cell funding’s “valley of death”
November 5, 2018
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Human embryonic stem cells come of age 20 years after discovery
November 5, 2018
Pharmacy Choice
Asterias Biotherapeutics Announces Positive Outcome from Data Review from OPC1 Spinal Cord Injury Study
November 5, 2018
San Francisco Chronicle
New immune system therapy for blood cancer shows promise, Stanfard reports
November 5, 2018
First Word Pharma
Poseida Therapeutics Receives Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) Designation from FDA for PBCMA-101
October 22, 2018
EurekAlert
Scientists mimic the earliest stages of human development
October 22, 2018
Neurology Live
Phase III Study Brings Hope to ALS
October 22, 2018
KFI AM 640
City of Hope Researcher Gets $3.8 Million fo Immunotherapy Trial for HIV
October 22, 2018
Centre Daily Times
Stem Cell Agency Awards $11 Million to SoCal Researchers to Fight Disease
October 22, 2018
Technology Networks
Massive Funding Boost for Blinding Retinal Conditions
September 17, 2018
San Francisco Chronicle
Prop. 71 funds are laying groundwork for stem cell therapies
September 7, 2018
San Francisco Chronicle
Lofty promises, limited results
August 16, 2018
San Francisco Chronicle
Immense promise, hard-won progress
July 20, 2018
CNN
Experimental treatment uses modified stem cells to fight cancer
June 8, 2018
NBC7 TV San Diego
Investigating Claims Made by Local Stem Cell Clinic
June 8, 2018
Science & Technology Research News
Treating Vision Loss
June 8, 2018
Los Angeles Business Journal
MAX BioPharma Awarded $1.7 Million to Fight Osteoporosis
June 8, 2018
New York Times
Using Medicine and Science to Improve the Quality of Life
June 8, 2018
San Jose Mercury News
UCSF welcomes in-utero stem cell transplant baby
May 29, 2018
Los Angeles Business Journal
MAX BioPharma Awarded $1.7 Million to Fight Osteoporosis
May 1, 2018
Capitol Weekly
Stem cell agency OKs $32 million in new awards
April 11, 2018
The Press Enterprise
UC Riverside hosting event focused on stem cell research
April 11, 2018
San Diego Business Journal
Poseida Therapeutics Raises $30.5M to Further Develop Cancer Treatments
April 11, 2018
Capitol Weekly
State stem cell agency gets global industry partners
February 26, 2018
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Fate Therapeutics Wins $4M Grant to Advance NK Cancer Immunotherapy
February 12, 2018
San Francisco Chronicle
State earns first royalty check after investing billions in stem cell research
January 30, 2018
Capitol Weekly
Stem cell agency eyes kidney transplant breakthrough
January 16, 2018
Daily Beast
This Doctor’s Revolutionary Stem Cell Treatment Could Eradicate HIV
January 16, 2018
KQED
Should California Voters OK $5 billion More for Stem Cell Research
December 6, 2017
XConomy
15 For ’18: Key Clinical Data to Watch For Next Year
December 6, 2017
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Fate Therapeutics, UC San Diego Launch CAR NK Cancer Immunotherapy Collaboration
December 5, 2017
San Diego Union Tribune
San Diego stem cell scientists awarded $8.7M to research cancer, other diseases