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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.

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.

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.

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.

The Key (Proteins) to Self-Renewing Skin

July 5, 2012

In the July 6 issue of Cell Stem Cell, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine describe how human epidermal progenitor cells and stem cells control transcription factors to avoid premature differentiation, preserving their ability to produce new skin cells throughout life.

UC San Diego Researchers Develop Efficient Model for Generating Human Stem Cells

August 1, 2013

…easily reproducible RNA-based method of generating human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) in the August 1 edition of Cell Stem Cell. Their approach has broad applicability for the successful production of iPSCs for use in human stem cell studies and eventual cell therapies.

UC San Diego Researchers Receive Funding to Pursue Novel Stem Cell-based Treatments

July 20, 2018

…of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers investigating stem cell-based therapies for a rare genetic disorder that affects the heart and a chronic, progressive affliction of the lungs.

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