Disease Focus: Skin Disease


2023 Center for Dental, Oral, & Craniofacial Tissue & Organ Regeneration (C-DOCTOR) Annual Spring Conference

Skin regeneration and wound healing with a topical BRAF inhibitor

Therapeutic Candidate or Device LUT017 gel is a small molecule inhibitor of BRAF Indication Venus leg non-healing ulcerous wounds Therapeutic Mechanism The administration LUT017 gel will regenerate cutaneous stem cells and induce keratinocyte proliferation resulting in an improvement of VLU non-healing wounds. Unmet Medical Need There are no previously approved FDA drugs for this condition […]

Stem Cells: Fulfilling the Promise – 2011 CIRM Grantee Meeting

*Please note: this video contains graphic images of a disfiguring disease John Wagner presented the closing scientific talk at the 2011 CIRM Grantee Meeting. Weaving together stories of medical history, literature, bioethics, and his own clinical work, Wagner describes the challenges and promise of stem cell based therapies. Dr. Wagner is a professor of pediatrics, […]

Spotlight on Disease Team Awards – Genetic Skin Disease: Welcoming Remarks

Spotlight on Disease Team Awards – Genetic Skin Disease: Welcoming Remarks Robert Klein J.D., gave the welcoming remarks for the “Spotlight on Disease Team Awards: Genetic Skin Disease,” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on February 4, 2010. Klein is chair of the CIRM Governing Board. The CIRM-hosted event was presented […]

Spotlight on Disease Team Awards – Genetic Skin Disease: Introduction

Spotlight on Disease Team Awards – Genetic Skin Disease: Introduction Phillip Pizzo, M.D., spoke at the “Spotlight on Disease Team Awards: Genetic Skin Disease,” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on February 4, 2010. Pizzo is dean of the Stanford School of Medicine and is a member of the CIRM Governing […]

Spotlight on Disease Team Awards – Genetic Skin Disease: Lynn Anderson

Spotlight on Disease Team Awards – Genetic Skin Disease: Lynn Anderson Lynn Anderson, spoke at the “Spotlight on Disease Team Awards: Genetic Skin Disease,” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on February 4, 2010. Anderson is President and Founder of the Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Foundation. She was introduced by Albert Lane, […]

Spotlight on Disease Team Awards – Genetic Skin Disease: Albert Lane

Spotlight on Disease Team Awards – Genetic Skin Disease: Albert Lane Albert Lane, M.D., spoke at the “Spotlight on Disease Team Awards: Genetic Skin Disease,” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on February 4, 2010. Lane is chair of the department of dermatology and professor of dermatology and pediatrics at Stanford […]

Spotlight on Disease Team Awards – Genetic Skin Disease: Marius Wernig

Spotlight on Disease Team Awards – Genetic Skin Disease: Marius Wernig Marius Wernig, M.D., spoke at the “Spotlight on Disease Team Awards: Genetic Skin Disease,” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on February 4, 2010. Wernig is an assistant professor of pathology at the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative […]

Spotlight on Disease Team Awards – Genetic Skin Disease: Anthony Oro

Spotlight on Disease Team Awards – Genetic Skin Disease: Anthony Oro Anthony Oro, M.D., Ph.D., spoke at the “Spotlight on Disease Team Awards: Genetic Skin Disease,” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on February 4, 2010. Oro is an associate professor of dermatology in the Stanford School of Medicine. He is […]