Disease Focus: Cancer

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Michael Rothenberg, Stanford – CIRM Stem Cell #SciencePitch

Paul Knoepfler, UC Davis – CIRM Stem Cell #SciencePitch

Amy Sprowles, Humboldt State University – CIRM Stem Cell #SciencePitch

Yi Eve Sun, UCLA – CIRM Stem Cell #SciencePitch 2

Spotlight on Cancer Stem Cells

On December 10, 2009, the CIRM Governing Board heard from Dr. Michael Clarke about cancer stems cells. Dr. Clarke is associate director of the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine. Robert Klein, chair of the CIRM Governing Board, introduced Clarke.  The CIRM-hosted event was presented at Stanford University.

Genetic Molecule Enables Safer Method For Creating iPS Cells

Researchers funded by CIRM developed a novel way of generating induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. The technique involves a genetic molecule called a microRNA to activate genes required to reprogram the adult cell to a state similar to an embryonic stem cell. The authors think microRNAs could make existing methods for creating those cells – […]

Catriona Jamieson Talks About Therapies Based on Cancer Stem Cells

Blue H2O Productions In recent years researchers have found cancer stem cells at the heart of blood cancers as well as some cancers of the brain, breast, colon, head and neck, and others. In those cancers that have cancer stem cells, it’s the cancer stem cells that appear to drive the cancer, multiplying endlessly and […]