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California Stem Cell Report Going Dark for Holidays

Cells, Genes and Sheersha: A Six-Year-Old California Girl and a Different Sort of Christmas Story

CIRM's CEO Search: Praise for Interim Presidential Pick, Dec. 31 Deadline for Search Firm Applications

"CIRM 3.0" and Its New Interim President

Looking for Work? How About a Career in Law and Biosciences?

The California Stem Cell Report: Authoritative, Respected, Independent, Unique and 'Essential'

CIRM Names Interim President: Jonathan Thomas, Former Chair of the CIRM Governing Board for 11 Years

The CIRM CEO Search: Perils of an Interregnum and Handcuffs

The CIRM CEO Search: Creeping Ahead with Criteria and a Search Firm

The CIRM CEO Search: 'Big Fish, Small Tank?'

Bluebird Bio: 'How Did They Screw Up So Badly?' Company's Future in Limbo

The California Stem Cell Report: Authoritative, Respected, Independent, Unique and 'Essential'

Biden Administration Launches Fight Against Excessive Drug Costs; Likely to Spill Over to California's Stem Cell and Gene Therapy Program

Tracking the CIRM: From a Presidential Vacancy to the $12 Billion Program's PR Ambitions and DEI Openness

With CIRM Millions, UC Davis stem cell ‘fairy godmother’ leads fight against spina bifida

Seeding the Field 10 Years Ago with $32 Million; A CIRM Story About a Biobank and Stem Cells

CIRM CEO Search: Staff Morale 'Crisis' at Agency, Board Member Predicts Possible 12-Month Search

CIRM CEO Search: Decision Delayed on Interim President; Search Committee Named

'Confidential' Science, Billions in Public Dollars and the Public's Trust or Lack of It

Tracking the CIRM: $134 Million, Including Two Clinical Trials and Community Care Centers, Plus Possibly an Interim CEO

The CIRM CEO Search and the 'Dog's Breakfast,' Plus Formation of a Search Committee/Interim Appointment

Text of National Academy of Medicine Recommendations for Changes in the Dual Executive Arrangement at California's $12 Billion Stem Cell Agency

Building a Community vs. Banning the Public? A Question for the California Stem Cell Agency to Answer

The CIRM CEO Search: The Agency Expresses Concern About an Item on This Newsletter

California Taxpayers Barred from Tomorrow's Key Meeting of the State's $12 Billion Stem Cell Agency

Happy Birthday to CIRM! The California Gene and Stem Cell Research Program is Turning 19.

Presidential Vacancy at California's Stem Cell Agency Triggers Hiring Pause

CEO of California Stem Cell Agency Quits Abruptly; No Interim Replacement Named by Governing Board

CEO of California's $12 Billion Stem Cell Agency Resigns

California Proposal to Lure Fledgling Stem Cell and Gene Therapy Companies

Historic Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease Moves Forward After Federal Hearing Dealing with Its Risks

Another Live Blog on the FDA Sickle Cell Hearing; This One from BioPharma Dive

STAT is Live-Blogging Sickle Cell Hearing: 'Barbed Critique' from FDA official on Proposed Gene Therapy

FDA Hearing Tuesday: Off-target Risk Concerns for $2M Plus Proposed Genetic Treatment for Sickle Cell

From UC Irvine: New Study of Dubious Stem Cell Clinics and Their Pitches for Their "Cures"

'A Vicious Cycle' and Barriers to 'Miracle Cures:' The Wicked Problem of Multimillion-Dollar Gene Therapies

Tracking the CIRM: Strategy and the Golden State's Stem Cell and Gene Therapy Trail

Sharper Focus Emerging in $1.5 Billion California Plan to Delve into Neuro Diseases Such as Brain Cancer and Autism

Measuring the Financial Impact of California Stem Cell Spending: A Big Data Task

California Stem Cell Agency Pumped Nearly $1 Billion into Neuro Disease Research

Stem Cells, Genes, Neuro Diseases and Stingy Information Sharing

California's New, $111 Million Probe into Mental Illnesses, their Genetic Origins and Mechanisms

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Tracking the CIRM: $60 Million Community Center Proposal Unveiled for Assisting Patients and Clinical Trials

How Long Does the California Stem Cell Agency Have to Live?

A Ticking Clock and New Choices for California's Multibillion-Dollar Stem Cell and Genetic Research Effort

Priorities for $4 Billion: California's Stem Cell/Gene Therapy Program Eyeing Changes

CIRM Openness, the Neuro Task Force and a Public Comment

An Ethical Dilemma, Cord Blood and Regenerative Medicine: The NY Times Digs into a Case in New York

Tracking the CIRM: $31 Million in Research Awards, $7 Million More for 'Scholars'

'Rocketing' Stock Price for Rare Disease Firm; Good News for California Stem Cell Agency

Reading Recommendations: From the New Yorker to a 'Quagmire'

Tracking the CIRM: How Does It Tell Its Story? A Question for Its Directors

Changing the Multibillion Dollar Game at CIRM: 'Inherent Limitations' Cited, Over-the-Transom Approach Questioned

Tracking the CIRM: Show-and-Tell for State's Alpha Clinics on Friday; Evaluation of CIRM CEO Next Week

Tracking the CIRM: The Agency is Creating a New, High-Level Position -- Strategic Director and Chief of Staff

Billions of Dollars, Deliverables and California Stem Cell Spending Strategies

California's Neuropsychiatric Disease Probe Could Hit $111 Million

'ReMind' -- California's Plan to Plug Gaps in Origins of Neuropsychiatric Disease Up for Action

CIRM's $1.5 Billion Neuro Task Force Still Looking for Ways to Spend the Cash

Stem Cell Hype and Slow Science: 'Not One' Treatment after 25 Years of Research

What's Under Wraps at the $12 Billion California Stem Cell Agency? The Required Diversity Plans Needed to Secure Multimillion-Dollar Awards

Perfect 10: CIRM Board Members' Rationale Behind the Superlative Scores

Rubric for Equality: How Does the California Agency Score DEI

New Clinical Trial to Transform Skin Cells into a Treatment for Parkinson's Disease

A Reminder from 2021: What's at Stake in the Discussion About the Multimillion-Dollar Costs of Therapies Financed by California Taxpayers

The Gene Therapy 'Quagmire:' Multimillion- Dollar Costs and Untreated Patients with Rare Diseases

Tracking the CIRM: Light Public Schedule During the Dog Days of Summer

California Stem Cell Clinical Trials Crack the 95 Mark and Include Blindness, HIV, ALS

$50 Million in Awards This Week by California's Stem Cell and Gene Therapy Agency

California Stem Cell Agency's Newest Board Member -- Kevin Xu

$90 Million Neuropsychiatric Research Plan Hits Bump at California's Stem Cell Agency

Tracking the CIRM: $90 Million Proposal Up for Action Monday to Investigate Mechanisms Involving Neuropsychiatric Diseases

Want to help give away billions of dollars? California is looking for a few good people to take on the task.

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10x Less: A Proposal to Slash Multimillion-Dollar Costs of Gene Therapies by a Factor of 10

A Looming Political Reality for a $12 Billion Stem Cell and Gene Therapy Research Program

Breaktime for the California Stem Cell Report

California Scatters $1 Billion in Neuro Disease Research Over 13 Areas

Tracking the CIRM: Nine Hires Proposed for California's Stem Cell Agency; $29 Million Budget Jumps 33 Percent

High on Selling Hope, Less So on Production of Revolutionary Therapies

California Awards $10 Million to Kick Off First-in-Nation Stem Cell/Gene Therapy Manufacturing Network

A Peek Inside California's Multibillion Dollar Spending for Revolutionary Stem Cell and Gene Therapies

Tracking the CIRM: Applicants in $80 Million Stem Cell, Genetic Manufacturing Round to Hear Good/Bad News

Upcoming: A Longer Look at the Nearly Half-Billion Dollar CIRM Research Budget and Its Implications

Novartis Deal Boosts CIRM Approach: The Swiss Giant Plunks Down Nearly $88 Million for California-Financed Clinical Trial

Tracking the CIRM: 89th Clinical Trial and a $21 Million Day

California to Spend Nearly Half-Billion on Gene Therapy and Stem Cell Research in Next Fiscal Year

Former CIRM Board Member Zeroes in on 'Irrational and Bizarre Schema' of Therapy Pricing

'Primed to Progress,' But More Work Needed on Neuropsychiatric, Genetic Research Effort by California Stem Cell Agency

Tracking the CIRM: Spring Time is Money Time at the $12 Billion California Stem Cell Agency

Key Information Missing on California's Neuro Disease Program Scheduled for Action on Monday

Doudna Speaks Out on Multimillion-Dollar Pricetags for Revolutionary Cures

Tracking the CIRM: New Spending and Research Plans Afoot at California's Stem Cell and Gene Therapy Progam

California's Bubble Baby Saga: CIRM Touts its Role in Maintaining the Once Abandoned Clinical Trial

Pressure Points and Affordability of Revolutionary Therapies: California Creeping Toward Solutions

CNN Portrays the Plight of the 'Bubble Babies,' An Effective Therapy but No Access

'Keeping the Fire Going' and the California Stem Cell Report

California's Beefed-Up Effort to Finance Stem Cell and Genetic Research Into Neuropsychiatric Afflictions

Delivering Revolutionary Cell/Gene Therapies to the Underserved, Creating More Accessibility

Tracking the CIRM: $52 Million Week, $1.5 Billion Neuro Program, $155 Million Affordability Session

California State Effort to Advance as 'World-Class Hub' in Stem Cell/Gene Therapy Manufacturing

Tracking the CIRM: Agency Mulls Financing for Neuropsychiatric Research

Quote of the Day: No Faint-Hearted Scientists Needed

Crossing the Financial Valley of Death: A Hurdle for Stem Cell and Gene Therapies

Tracking the CIRM: Agency to Give Away Millions April 27, also the Date for Top FDA Official to Speak at Summit for Stem Cells

Something to Crow About?

The Ballot Box, California Stem Cell Research and Dual Executives

Twelve Years Before the CIRM Mast: Jonathan Thomas Reflects on Accomplishments and the CIRM Team

Tracking the CIRM: Webinar This Week on Basic Research Grant Offerings.

Correction

State Stem Cell Agency Approves $26 Million to Remove Obstacles to Gene and Cell Therapy Treatments

Tears and Tributes Mark Cell/Gene Marathon, Plus Affordability and Prospecting for Stem Cell Research Nuggets

'Hunting' at CIRM: What it Can Mean for Applicants for the Billions of California Stem Cell Research Dollars

Tracking the CIRM: New Chair for $12 Billion Program, $26 Million to Hurdle Research Obstacles

New, $2.5 Billion Fed Program to Improve Health Outcomes; Will it Have a California Outpost?

Silicon Valley Bankout Fallout: A Q&A With the California Cell and Gene Therapy Program

California's Approach to Financing Neuro Disease Research Taking a Turn to Mental Disorders

Tracking the CIRM: New Chairperson to Take Over March 28, Affordability, Neuro Disease Strategy also on Table

An Affinity Examined: The Biotech Community and a Failed California Bank

Affordability and Multimillion-Dollar Treatments: The 28-Month-Old Challenge in California

Ripple Effects? California's Stem Cell Agency and the Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank

Regenerative Medicine in the Golden State and Telling its Multibillion Dollar Story

$1.5 Billion Up For Grabs on Neuro Diseases: California is Devising Plan on How to Spend It

Tracking the CIRM: Genetic Causes of Mental Illness, Telling the CIRM Story plus Affordability of Therapies

New General Counsel at California Stem Cell Agency is Rafael Aguirre-Sacasa

'The Next Chunk of Gold:' New CRISPR Fight Brewing

A Fix on an Item

Tracking the CIRM: Learn How it Pursues High-Risk, High-Reward Research Next Month

A Genetic Case of Limited Resources: Sickle Cell Trial Cancelled, Layoffs at Graphic Bio

$100 Million in Clinical Funding by California's Stem Cell Agency During Last Eight Months

A Story About California's $1.5 Billion for Neuro Research: No Scientists Expressed an Interest

California to Beef Up Potential Treatment for Arthritic Knees with Nearly $12 Million

Nobel Prize Winner Paul Berg Dies at the Age of 96

Prelude to Thinking About $1.5 Billion: Fresh Info on California's Neuro Disease Portfolio

Strategy for $1.5 Billion: Creating a New Pathway for Financing Neuro Disease Research

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The Money Trail at California's Stem Cell Program: How the Billions Are Rationed

Taxpayer Financing of Medical Research and Zero Responsibility to Consumers: 'We Have to End That'

Six Words and CIRM: A Blessing from The White House

California and the Multimillion-Dollar Costs of Gene Therapies that the State is Helping to Finance

Vito Imbasciani and the 'Nonpareil' California State Stem Cell Agency

Tracking The CIRM: Affordability, Community Centers Coming Up Next Tuesday

California's New Stem Cell Chairman: A Physician Who Currently Leads the State Department of Veterans Affairs

CIRM Directors Begin Closed Door Discussion of Nominees for Chairperson of the Multibillion Dollar Program

CIRM Directors Now in Executive Session Interviewing Board Candidates

Text of Emilie Marcus' Statement to the Governing Board of the California Stem Cell Agency

Text of Vito Imbasciani's Statement to the Governing Board of the California Stem Cell Agency

Jockeying for Power: A Look at the Last Election of a Chair of the $12 Billion California Stem Cell Agency

Surgeon vs. Scientist: Which Will Lead the $12 Billion California Stem Cell Agency for the Next Six Years?

Riverside and a Cell/Gene Therapy Community Center: Listening Session on Thursday

Tracking the CIRM: Electing a New Chair, Other Job Openings, Grant Application Deadlines

Gene Therapy's Multimillion-Dollar Challenge: California Looking for "Different Model" to Ensure Access

A California Search: Forging a Path to Pay for Multimillion-Dollar Gene Therapies for Rare Diseases?

FDA Hitting Pause Button More Often on Trials Involving Risky Therapies Such as Gene and Stem Cell Treatments

Tracking the CIRM: New Chair Election This Month, Latest Job Postings

California's Bubble Baby Saga: The Most-Read Tale of 2022

More Than a Seat at the Table: Overcoming the Ethical Obstacles in Stem Cell and Gene Therapy

Touchy Bioethical Issues and the California Stem Cell Agency: Revived CIRM Effort Begins This Week

IOM/NAM on California Stem Cell Agency Bioethical Standards

What is the CIRM Standards Group? Here's the Answer from State Law