Jonathan Thomas, PhD, JD, is President and CEO of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). Thomas was previously the Chair of the CIRM governing Board from June 2011 to March 2023.

A major challenge in developing stem cell-based cures for disease is maturing those cells into adult cell types that can be used for transplantation or to study human disease. Dr. Mark Mercola has a ...

The simple term “stem cell” actually refers to many different types of cells. The tissue-specific stem cells, or adult stem cells, replenish tissues throughout our lives. Embryonic stem cells exist ...

我们的目标是利用生成神经元网络的机制从干细胞创建神经元，以替代患病和受损的组织或作为研究疾病机制的材料来源。此类再生研究的一个重点是恢复脊髓的功能，因为脊髓特别容易受到损伤。然而，尽管在理解如何将干细胞引导到控制协调运动的运动神经 ...

CIRM is governed by 35 dedicated Californians representing patients, researchers and the biotechnology industry whose knowledge, passion and commitment to CIRM’s mission has guided the organization ...

If you would like to contact CIRM regarding questions you may have about employment opportunities, please contact us at jobs@cirm.ca.gov. CIRM encourages job seekers to apply for specific job openings ...

San Francisco, CA – California’s stem cell agency, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) today approved $150 million in new funding to help move promising stem cell-based therapies ...

CIRM has one singular mission: Accelerating world class science to deliver transformative regenerative medicine treatments in an equitable manner to a diverse California and world. A dedication to ...

Researchers at the California Institute for Biomedical Research (CALIBR) have been awarded $8.447 million to test KA34, a drug that, in preclinical tests, recruits stem cells to create new cartilage ...

Our Agency funds clinical trials testing promising stem cell or gene therapies for currently incurable diseases or disorders to help patients with unmet medical needs. For basic information about stem ...

have the ability to divide and create an identical copy of themselves, a process called self-renewal; and can also divide to form cells that mature into cells that make up every type of tissue and ...

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) is funding regenerative medicine and gene therapy research to improve the lives of Sickle Cell patients in California and the world. Sickle ...