In a first-of-its-kind alliance, UC Irvine’s Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center and UCLA’s Eli & Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cell Research have received a five-year, $8 million grant from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine to establish a CIRM Alpha Stem Cell Clinic.
With the opening of the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute’s new home, UC Irvine builds on its reputation as a major clinical and research center
New world-class home of Gavin Herbert Eye Institute has been years in the making
Year brings scientific advances, national accolades, international outreach, student achievement and loss of campus stalwarts
From Oct. 1 to 3, the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center joins an international awareness effort, hosting events for local students, the campus community and UCI supporters.
UC Irvine scientists will be part of two research teams garnering CIRM Disease Team Therapy Development Awards, which are designed to accelerate collaborative translational research leading to human clinical trials.
State-of-the-art vision care center is expected to open next summer.
The site for the new clinical and academic center will be dedicated Friday, Oct. 29, at the UC Irvine School of Medicine, near the corner of Health Sciences Road and Bison Avenue.
UC Irvine scientists have created an eight-layer, early-stage retina from human embryonic stem cells, the first three-dimensional tissue structure to be made from stem cells.