Video Topic: Spotlights on Disease
Living with Multiple Sclerosis: Hope for Stem Cell Therapies | Nan Luke
For more information about CIRM-funded MS research, visit our fact sheet. In her twenties, the left side of Nan Luke’s body went numb from the bottom of her foot up to her chin. The diagnosis was multiple sclerosis (MS) and thirty years later she still experiences that numbness and has had bouts of temporary blindness, […]
Pediatric Metabolic Liver Disease | CIRM Spotlight on Disease
Living with Metabolic Liver Disease | CIRM Spotlight on Disease
Curing Liver Diseases with Stem Cells | CIRM Spotlight on Disease
Seeing Stem Cells in the Body: Magnetic Particle Imaging
A big obstacle to developing stem cell therapies is being able to visualize the cells inside the body. This will be critical to confirm that the stem cells are targeted to the right place and are providing therapeutic benefit. Current imaging technology are not adequate for tracking stem cells in vivo. Magnetic Particle Imaging, MPI, […]
Greg Wasson, Parkinson’s Action Network: Patient Advocate Presentation
Greg Wasson spoke to the CIRM governing board on May 24, 2012 about his perspectives on stem cell research and his advocacy for Parkinson’s disease. Wasson was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1995 and has spent a decade as an active member of the Parkinson’s community, most of which has been spent as an advocate with […]
Healing Bones with Stem Cells at UC Davis – Intro: CIRM Spotlight on Disease
On March 21, 2012, the CIRM board governing heard from UC Davis researchers who are using bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells to develop new methods for repairing bone deformities and non-healing bone fractures. A clinical trial participant who has benefited from these new methods also spoke. In this video, Claire Pomeroy, vice chancellor of […]
Healing Bones with Stem Cells at UC Davis – Kent Leach: CIRM Spotlight on Disease
The current gold standard for treating non-healing bone fractures and diseases is to graft bone from a healthy part of the body. However, in many cases this method is not sufficient, such as the failed bone grafts for movie critic Roger Ebert, who lost his lower jaw from cancer. Dr. Kent Leach, associate professor of […]
Healing Bones with Stem Cells at UC Davis – Mark Lee: CIRM Spotlight on Disease
Severe bone fractures can lead to such massive bone loss that realigning and fixing the bone with implants is not enough to heal the bone. In these cases, the trauma victim is left with chronic pain and non-functioning limbs. Dr. Mark Lee, an orthopedic surgeon at the UC Davis School of Medicine, is developing new […]
Stem Cell Clinical Trial for Broken Bones – A Patient’s Story: CIRM Spotlight on Disease
For Diane Souza, working on her 23 acre ranch in Northern California is a labor of love. But an accident in 2011 left her with a broken arm that would not heal. Souza was faced with the possibility of having only one working arm. Not wanting to give up her ranch life, she entered a […]