Written by Michelle on 22 March 2012
(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. Gibbons is a patient advocate [Continue]
Written by Michelle on 14 October 2011
(Part 3 of 4) David Hinton, MD, spoke at the “Spotlight on Macular degeneration,” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on April 29, 2009. Hinton has a CIRM grant to study the therapeutic potential of retinal pigment epithelial cell lines derived from human embryonic stem cells for retinal degeneration. [Continue]
Written by Michelle on 08 September 2011
(Part 2 of 4) Dick Mora spoke at the “Spotlight on Alzheimer’s disease,” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on December 10, 2008. Mora, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2003, talked about his mother’s battle with the disease and the stabilizing effects of his current treatment. [Continue]
Written by Michelle on 01 September 2011
(Part 5 of 5) Claire Pomeroy, MD, gave the closing remarks at the “Spotlight on Huntington’s Disease,” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on March 11, 2010. Pomeroy is Vice Chancellor of Human Health Sciences and Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of California, Davis. She is also [Continue]
Written by Michelle on 10 August 2011
(Part 1 of 4) Cardiovascular Therapies: Spotlight on Stem Cell Research “Welcoming Remarks” Robert Klein, JD and Claire Pomeroy, MD, MBA, gave the welcoming remarks for the “Spotlight on Cardiovascular Therapies,” an educational event presented at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Governing Board meeting on [Continue]