UC Irvine |

FDA greenlights clinical trial of treatment for blinding disease

Novel retinitis pigmentosa therapy has been created by stem cell researchers.
UC Newsroom |

Researchers wow audience at first UC Grad Slam

At systemwide research communications contest, graduate students captivate audiences while sticking to the mantra: Keep it simple.

UC Newsroom |

UC awarded stem cell grants

UC researchers received three grants totaling more than $12 million in funding from the state’s stem cell agency to develop stem cell treatments for Huntington’s disease, spina bifida and chronic diabetic wounds.
UC San Francisco |

Making neurons from stem cells

Eyes are on Pnky, a noncoding RNA found in brain stem cells — it may have a broad range of clinical applications.
UCLA |

Stem cell researchers develop promising method to treat sickle cell disease

Gene therapy technique leads to production of healthy blood cells — could be used for other genetic diseases.
UC Irvine |

Human neural stem cells alleviate 'chemo brain'

Study reveals how they restore cognitive functions impaired by chemotherapy.
UC Newsroom |

UC researchers awarded $15M in stem cell grants

Ten recipients from six UC campuses receive awards to pursue new technologies intended to accelerate advances moving stem cell therapies out of the lab and into the clinic.
UC San Francisco |

Stem cell discovery may make tissue regeneration more efficient

Work builds on a strategy that involves reprogramming adult cells back to an embryonic state in which they again have the potential to become any type of cell.