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New gene therapy aims to restore function in early-onset Parkinson’s April 25, 2025
Nearly one million people in the U.S. are living with Parkinson’s disease, which causes progressive symptoms including tremors, stiffness, and gait and balance issues. Although there are medications to treat symptoms, the disease has no cure. To date, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has invested more than $109 million in helping research for […]
How a childhood condition sparked a career in regenerative medicine April 23, 2025
As a child, Dongwei Sun underwent a medical treatment that left his lower limbs weak and occasionally numb. “This inspired my dedication to develop biomedical technologies that can prevent, treat, and potentially cure debilitating conditions,” he says. “The idea that we can use stem cells to regrow nerves or repair damaged tissues—like in my own […]
Diving into a new era of treatment: A patient’s journey with a groundbreaking epilepsy stem cell therapy April 16, 2025
In 2007, Justin Graves was working at a SCUBA shop in Louisville, Kentucky, when he had his first epileptic seizure. “SCUBA diving has just been something I’ve loved my whole life,” he said. “My whole family loves it.” Justin had to give up diving as well as his work as a dive instructor, and like […]