Thursday, September 10, 2009

CIRM Airs Powerful Patient Video

With some regularity, the board of the California stem cell agency hears directly from some of those afflicted with diseases and conditions that are among the targets of its $3 billion in research.

All of their stories are emotional, sometimes heart-rending.

The CIRM staff recently captured on video one of the more powerful presentations at its meeting in San Diego last June. Called “Spotlight on Leukemia,” it is now available via CIRM's YouTube site.

The video is a fine piece of work that tells a strong human story and well supports CIRM's mission.

Don Gibbons
, CIRM's chief communications officer, aired the video at last month's CIRM board meeting. He said,
Amy Adams led the story direction and Todd Dubnicoff did the amazing video editing.”
It is narrated by Geoff Lomax, senior officer for the CIRM Standards Working Group.

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  1. Anonymous9:29 PM

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  2. Stem cell treatment , research and technology is permanent fixture in 21st century medical research. Continued efforts to research and develop embryonic stem cell treatments and procedures doesn't merely mean cloning human beings or involve moral and ethical controversies or issues surrounding such research. Embryonic stem cells provide the basic building blocks and structure of the development of various cellular and tissue structure in the human body, and stem cell research irrefutably offers potential treatments that may eventually cure many disease processes, enable people with spinal cord injuries to walk again, and guide researchers to develop medications that will end to cognitive impairment diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease.
    Millions of cells found in the human body can and are being developed for future medical treatments. Stem cells contain specific instructions on how cellular structures replicate and function. Each cell is also programmed with how long it will live, it's specific functions and tasks.
    Stem cells come from different sources. The most commonly studied, and used, stem cell therapies involve:
    • Embryonic stem cell therapy
    • Adult stem cell therapy and research
    • Umbilical cord stem cell therapy

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  3. Anonymous1:10 AM

    Quite Informative!! This is true that stem cell research has been continuing for decades, however, stem cell therapies are still somewhat new, and have focused on treatments utilizing embryonic stem cell research. These days however, scientists and researchers have discovered feasible and hopeful uses for other kinds of stem cells

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