$36 Million California Plan Moves Forward to Boost Patients into Stem Cell/Gene Therapy Trials

Proposal dismays an applicant in earlier, similar CIRM round replete with unusual circumstances

Mar 11, 2025

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UC Riverside wants to help underserved communities and has sought funding from CIRM to build its program. UCR photo.

A $36 million plan to bring clinical trials for gene and stem cell therapies to patients in underserved and more remote areas of California cleared a key hurdle yesterday afternoon, but not without some complaint.

The program would be launc…

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