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California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) Excerpts about Geron’s Decision

November 16th, 2011 No comments

    Q&A about Geron’s decision and its implications for the stem cell field Read more…

StemCells (STEM) awarded CIRM Planning Grant

September 1st, 2011 No comments

  Grant to pursue preclinical development of HuCNS-SC Cells for Alzheimer’s disease Read more…

CIRM expands Funding Oppurtunities and Definitions

June 24th, 2011 No comments

The governing board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) approved a $30M initiative Read more…

New Chairman of CIRM

June 23rd, 2011 No comments

Jonathan Thomas, PhD, JD, will be the new Chairman of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Read more…

Investor and Over-sight Member nominated for CIRM

May 20th, 2011 No comments

Jonathan Thomas, a founding partner of Saybrook Capital, has been nominated to lead CIRM, Read more…

CIRM funding Troubles

April 4th, 2011 No comments

The collapse of efforts to resolve California’s financial crisis places the $3B stem cell research program perilously close to a serious cash crunch. Read more…

CIRM awards $1.9M to Cedars-Sinai for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)

February 4th, 2011 No comments

A research team at the Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute has been awarded a $1.9M grant Read more…

Suspending CIRM’s Nominating Vote?

December 14th, 2010 No comments

Calling the process of selecting a chairman for the state’s $3B stem cell research funding agency “fundamentally flawed,” Read more…

$243 M Investment for Stem Cell Disease Teams

August 23rd, 2010 No comments

California’s stem cell research funding agency will fund up to $243 M to help move therapies into clinical trials. Read more…

CIRM Commits $25M to Overcome Immune Rejection of Stem Cell Therapies

July 9th, 2010 No comments

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) approved $25M to fund 19 projects intended to overcome immune rejection of transplanted stem cells. Read more…