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 ...

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 ...

It takes a lot of effort to develop a promising stem cell research idea into an effective treatment that can help patients. CIRM funds a pipeline of projects spanning discovery, translation and ...

The mission of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) is to accelerate world-class science to deliver transformative regenerative medicine treatments in an equitable manner to a ...

HIV, or the human immunodeficiency virus, is a virus that infects cells of the immune system, undermining the body’s ability to fight infection and disease. Eventually infection can lead to symptoms ...

Deborah K. Armstrong Johns Hopkins University Ovarian, Breast Cancer and Gynecologic Cancer Clinical Trials; Genetics of Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer ...

There is no shortage of myths and misconceptions when it comes to stem cell research and regenerative medicine. Here we address the most common concerns. If you have more questions that aren’t ...

Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative brain disease that causes dementia, which impairs people’s ability to think, reason and remember things. More than five million people are living with Alzheimer’s ...

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What is the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)? CIRM, California’s Stem Cell Agency, was created by the voters of California in 2004 when they overwhelmingly passed Proposition 71, ...

Primary immunodeficiencies are disease that compromise or destroy the immune system, leaving patients susceptible to serious infections. Typically, these diseases have genetic causes and many of them ...

Arthritis is the result of degeneration of cartilage (the tissue lining the joints) and leads to pain and limitation of function. Arthritis and other rheumatic diseases are among the most common of ...