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15 Aug 2016, 1:11 am by David Jensen
The California stem cell agency is expecting to take more than 50 shots at a therapy via its involvement in clinical trials over the next several years.Nonetheless, it is a risky business, as venture capitalist Gregory Bonfiglio, pointed out to the California Stem Cell Report last December. [read post]
11 Aug 2016, 3:50 am by Michael Grossman
Some examples: Two men fell off a cliff in California while chasing their prey. [read post]
10 Aug 2016, 4:38 pm by David Jensen
A California stem cell researcher went "semi-undercover" recently and attended a commercial "educational seminar" that promoted stem cell treatments and handed out requests for credit information from those attending.Paul Knoepfler -- UC Davis photoPaul Knoepfler of UC Davis recorded his experience at the session in an article this week in the Stem Cells Translational Medicine, which was founded in 2011 with $600,000… [read post]
7 Aug 2016, 5:22 pm by David Jensen
"Kevin McCormack, senior director of communications for CIRM, told the California Stem Cell Report, last April,"On a purely theoretical level CIRM has no objection to growing replacement organs or tissues in pigs, provided it met all CIRM’s rules and regulations. [read post]
2 Aug 2016, 3:53 am by David Jensen
I am passing it along to the readers of the California Stem Cell Report, 99.9 percent of whom would never see it otherwise.It helps give our readers a frame of reference and a clue to what to expect when a mass media opportunity comes knocking. [read post]
31 Jul 2016, 1:22 pm by David Jensen
(See Tran1-08533 and Tran1-08635 here.)In February, Alex Lash of xconomy reported that a new immunotherapy firm has sprung from handsome support by the stem cell agency. [read post]
22 Jul 2016, 9:10 am by David Jensen
The California stem cell agency, as expected, yesterday pumped $10 million into a North Carolina firm for a kidney dialysis device and upped its stake in a San Diego diabetes therapy firm to $60 million.The awards were first reported (see here and here) by the California Stem Cell Report last week, which will have more on the subject and other awards in the next day or two. [read post]
14 Jul 2016, 2:58 pm by David Jensen
 The governing board of the agency will ratify the approvals at its meeting next Thursday during a one-hour telephonic meeting.The largest award, $10 million, will go to Humacyte, Inc., of North Carolina,  to produce an artificial vein for use in hemodialysis as reported yesterday on the California Stem Cell Report. [read post]
14 Jul 2016, 2:58 pm by David Jensen
The California Stem Cell Report this morning queried Paul Laikind, the CEO of ViaCyte, Inc., of San Diego, about the company's upcoming $4 million award from the California stem cell agency and the award's relationship to the ViaCyte product known as VC-01. [read post]
13 Jul 2016, 7:59 am by David Jensen
The California Stem Cell Report determined the identity  of the recipient using public sources.According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases,"A vascular access is a hemodialysis patient’s lifeline. [read post]
11 Jul 2016, 7:21 am by David Jensen
 Their report supported the view that the stem cell field is rife with snake oil merchants. [read post]
1 Jul 2016, 3:52 pm by David Jensen
Locations of stem cell clinics identified in Knoepfler/Turner studyGraphic by Cell Stem Cell The biggest stem cell story in the country this week reported that at least 570 dubious stem cell clinics exist throughout the nation that could pose a danger to both the pocketbooks and health of patients. [read post]
28 Jun 2016, 8:52 am by David Jensen
A sharp exchange erupted this week on a mainstream California media site after the state's $3 billion stem cell agency was taken to task for lobbying the federal government to ease its regulation of research on stem cell therapies. [read post]
24 Jun 2016, 2:53 pm by David Jensen
HighlightsCIRM CEO Mills mentionedFDA regulation/Regrow co-mingledA tale of dubious stem cell treatmentsCalifornia's $3 billion, 11-year-old effort to produce a stem cell therapy -- largely ignored by the mainstream media -- broke into global cyberspace today in a reasonably significant way.The agency was featured in a piece on Buzzfeed, an online news operation that has chalked up more than 173 million unique visitors worldwide in the last 30 days.The… [read post]
23 Jun 2016, 8:44 am by David Jensen
The headline on the California story pretty much told it all: "Stem Cells: Where Science, Hope and Hype Meet. [read post]
20 Jun 2016, 4:45 pm by David Jensen
 Mills has not ventured into that sort of game, however.Knoepfler has much more to say on the subject of regulation, the need for it and the impact on patients and the dubious stem cell clinics that seem to be multiplying throughout the nation, despite the fact that the FDA has never approved a stem cell therapy for widespread use.The California Stem Cell Report will be visiting the matters surrounding these issues and the… [read post]
17 Jun 2016, 6:42 am by David Jensen
The person who wrote the item asked to remain anonymous.Comments from readers are always welcome on the California Stem Cell Report. [read post]
1 Jun 2016, 11:08 am by David Jensen
The observer, who must remain anonymous, told the California Stem Cell Report,"Academic institutions at least do not exist at the whims of investors, they can manage risk of failure (it happens all the time), and grant money goes much further. [read post]
31 May 2016, 9:37 am by David Jensen
 The California Stem Cell Report will have more on the closure of StemCells, Inc., later. [read post]
30 May 2016, 9:58 am by David Jensen
The headline on the story by Danielle Paquette said,"‘We lose money doing this’: Tiny company caught in abortion debate takes on Congress"The Post story picks up where the Times and also a piece on the California Stem Cell Report left off last year. [read post]