Diane Winokur, Veteran ALS Patient Advocate, Named to California Stem Cell Agency Board

Longtime ALS patient advocate Diane Winokur of San Francisco, who has lost two sons to the disease, has been appointed to the governing board of the $3 billion California stem cell agency.

She fills the vacancy left by David Serrano Sewell, who resigned from the 29-member panel earlier this year after serving since the agency's inception. CIRM has 10 pat…