Huntington’s Advocates Celebrate New Stem Cell Research Funding
This two minute video captures the excitement of the Huntington's disease patient advocate and research community when the CIRM governing board approved the Disease Team II awards on July 26th,…
Judy Roberson: Patient advocates drive stem cell scientists
Judy Roberson sat down with CIRM at the World Stem Cell Summit to discuss the role patient advocates play in driving stem cell scientists and making the goals a reality.…
Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s – Using Stem Cells to Understand and Treat Disease
(Part 4 of 7) Mathew Mark Blurton-Jones, a professor at UC-Irvine's Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders, spoke at "Synapses Firing: Connections Made", a CIRM-hosted patient advocacy event. The…
Disease in a Dish – Using Stem Cells to Model Huntington’s Disease and SMA
(Part 6 of 7) Bill Johnston, a Huntington's disease patient advocate, and Virginia Mattis, a postdoctoral fellow at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, spoke at "Synapses Firing: Connections Made", a CIRM-hosted patient…
Huntington’s Disease: Progress and Promise in Stem Cell Research
Huntington's disease is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder that typically strikes in a person's thirties and leads to death about 10 to 15 years later. No effective therapy exists for the…
Spotlight on Huntington’s Disease (2010): Welcoming Remarks
Spotlight on Huntington's Disease: Welcoming Remarks Robert Klein J.D., and Claire Pomeroy, M.D., M.B.A., gave the welcoming remarks for the "Spotlight on Huntington's Disease," an educational event presented at…
Spotlight on Huntington’s Disease (2010): Vicki Wheelock
Spotlight on Huntington's Disease: Vicki Wheelock Huntington's disease: New hope from stem cell therapies Vicki Wheelock, M.D., spoke at the "Spotlight on Huntington's Disease," an educational event presented at the…
