stem cells

Study shows success in stamping out deadly metastatic cells

Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center researchers have reported that a therapy they created to cure retinitis pigmentosa is safe and well-tolerated, with no immunological issues, by the first group of patients enrolled in an ongoing phase I/II clinical trial. Led by the regenerative medicine company jCyte, the trial has successfully undergone four […]

Maksim Plikus, assistant professor of developmental & cell biology, is among the exceptional early-career scientists named a 2016 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences. For more than 30 years, the Pew Charitable Trusts have supported outstanding biomedical researchers at the start of their careers, and this year’s class of 22 scholars is drawn from prestigious […]

Microvesicle injections restored cognition without adverse side effects

Sue and Bill Gross’ generous $40 million gift to establish a nursing school at the University of California, Irvine is a continuation of their commitment to improve education, research and healthcare around the world. They began backing cutting-edge health research at UCI in 2006, when they made an initial $10 million donation to establish the […]

Dr. Henry Klassen’s stem cell-based treatment to repair the retina is now in a clinical trial, offering new hope for people suffering from retinitis pigmentosa

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Participants are sought for safety study on the use of retinal progenitors in the eye

A first-of-its-kind stem cell-based treatment for retinitis pigmentosa developed by UC Irvine’s Dr. Henry Klassen, Dr. Jing Yang and colleagues has received consent from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for use in a clinical trial.

She explains how to mend a broken heart – with stem cells – at first UCOP competition for grad students