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UC San Diego Sends Blood Stem Cells to Space

December 21, 2021

Researchers at the University of California San Diego launched blood stem cells into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to study stress-induced aging and how stem cells and their progeny transform into pre-cancer and cancer stem cells associated with leukemia and other blood cancers.

Alumni Gift Supports Stem Cell Research to Restore Eyesight

November 29, 2011

Alumni Gift Supports Stem Cell Research to Restore Eyesight Kevin Churchill with his son Benny. Benny was born visually impaired due to Optic Nerve Hypoplasia. As a UC San Diego alumnus, Kevin Churchill, ’96, already knew that the university had a reputation for cutting-edge research and advanced medical care. However,…

Study Provides Hope for Some Human Stem Cell Therapies

August 20, 2015

…San Diego has discovered that an important class of stem cells known as human “induced pluripotent stem cells,” or iPSCs, which are derived from an individual’s own cells, can be differentiated into various types of functional cells with different fates of immune rejection.

Stem Cell-Derived Therapy Shows Promise Against Treatment-Resistant Liver Cancer

July 9, 2024

Discover research from UC San Diego showing how stem cell-derived therapy, targeting treatment-resistant liver cancer through genetically modified NK cells, offers promising new avenues for immunotherapy.

State’s Stem Cell Agency Awards Nearly $8 Million for New Leukemia Therapies

December 1, 2017

The Independent Citizens Oversight Committee of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) unanimously approved yesterday two grants worth a total of almost $8 million to University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers investigating novel stem cell-based treatments for acute myeloid leukemia or AML.

Two UC San Diego Scientists Receive Stem Cell Technology Grants

February 2, 2015

The governing board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has awarded two University of California, San Diego researchers almost $3 million in combined funding to pursue new technologies intended to accelerate advances moving stem cell therapies out of the lab and into the clinic.

Latest ‘Inside Innovation’ Examines Stem Cells’ Role in Causing (and Fighting) Cancer

January 12, 2017

…Jamieson speaking on “Detection and Therapeutic Targeting of Cancer Stem Cell Evolution.” The free and public presentation will be held 4-6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17, in Roth Auditorium at the Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, 2880 Torrey Pines Scenic Drive. A networking reception will follow.

Splicing Deregulation Detected and Targeted in Type of Childhood Leukemia

March 7, 2023

UC San Diego researchers delve deep into the unknown cause of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia to identify a gene splicing dysregulation and potential target for treating the disease, which often becomes treatment-resistant.

Sugar mimics guide stem cells toward neural fate

July 30, 2014

Embryonic stem cells can develop into a multitude of cells types. Researchers would like to understand how to channel that development into the specific types of mature cells that make up the organs and other structures of living organisms.

CIRM Awards $8.165 Million in Basic Biology Awards to UC San Diego

January 30, 2014

Eight stem cell scientists at the University of California, San Diego have been awarded a total of $8.165 million to fund research tackling significant, unresolved issues in human stem cell biology.

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