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Category Archives: Stem Cell Research

Huntington’s Disease: Spotlight on Stem Cell Research 2007 – Robert Pacifici

Posted: July 27, 2011 at 4:07 pm

(Part 2 of 4) Robert Pacifici, Ph.D., spoke at the "Spotlight on Huntington's Disease," an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on December 12, 2007. Pacifici presented an overview of Huntington's disease and briefly described how stem cell research enables drug discovery efforts for this devastating disease. Pacifici is the chief scientific officer of CHDI Foundation Inc.

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Diabetes: Spotlight on Stem Cell Research – Peter Butler

Posted: July 27, 2011 at 4:07 pm

(Part 2 of 4) Peter Butler, MD spoke at the Spotlight on Juvenile Diabetes, an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on September 25, 2008. Butler summarized normal glucose metabolism, explained how loss of pancreatic beta islet cells leads to diabetes, and presented evidence for beta cell regeneration in adults. Butler is the Director of the Larry Hillblom Islet Research Center at the University of California, Los Angeles

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Deafness: Spotlight on Stem Cell Research – Ebenezer Yamoah

Posted: July 19, 2011 at 8:20 am

(Part 3 of 4) Ebenezer N. Yamoah, Ph.D.

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Huntington’s Disease: Spotlight on Stem Cell Research 2007 – Han Keirstead

Posted: July 16, 2011 at 9:49 am

(Part 3 of 4) Hans Keirstead, Ph.D., spoke at the "Spotlight on Huntington's Disease," an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on December 12, 2007. Keirstead described strategies for using human embryonic stem cells to better understand Huntington's disease

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Alzheimer’s Disease: Spotlight on Stem Cell Research – Rod Shankle

Posted: July 15, 2011 at 6:50 pm

(Part 3 of 4) Rodman Shankle, MD spoke at the "Spotlight on Alzheimer's disease", an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on December 10, 2008. Shankle reviewed clinical data, which indicates that stem cells from the fat pad of the intestines have the capacity to repair damaged brain tissue found in Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders

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Spotlight on Basic Stem Cell Research – Irv Weissman

Posted: July 14, 2011 at 10:07 pm

(Part 2 of 3) Irv Weissman, Ph.D., spoke at the "Spotlight on Basic Research," an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on August 20, 2009. Irv Weissman described how his lab's basic research of the immune system led to the identification of blood-forming stem cells and new therapeutic strategies to treat various blood diseases. He has a CIRM Disease Team grant to develop therapeutic antibodies for targeting human acute myeloid leukemia stem cells.

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Spotlight on Cancer Stem Cell Research

Posted: July 9, 2011 at 7:44 pm

On December 10, 2009, the CIRM Governing Board heard from Dr. Michael Clarke about cancer stems cells. Dr

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HIV/AIDS: Spotlight on Stem Cell Research – John Zaia

Posted: July 6, 2011 at 12:09 pm

John Zaia, MD, spoke at the "Spotlight on Disease Team Awards: HIV/AIDS," an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on April 29, 2010. Zaia is the chairman in department of virology and he holds the Aaron D. and Edith Miller Chair for Gene Therapy at the Beckman Research Institute at the City of Hope.

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Alzheimer’s Disease: Spotlight on Stem Cell Research – Leeza Gibbons

Posted: July 3, 2011 at 11:52 am

(Part 1 of 4) Robert Klein, JD and Leeza Gibbons, gave the welcoming remarks for the "Spotlight on Alzheimer's Disease," an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on December 10, 2008. Klein is Chair of the CIRM Governing Board and President of Klein Financial Corporation

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Deafness: Spotlight on Stem Cell Research – Karen Doyle

Posted: July 2, 2011 at 9:10 pm

(Part 2 of 4) Karen Doyle, MD, Ph.D., spoke at the "Spotlight on Deafness," an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on March 12, 2008. Dolye briefly summarized the current clinical options for treating hearing loss and discussed the promise of stem cell research in overcoming the limitations of hearing loss treatment

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