News Source: The New York Times
| about 1 month ago
In a tacit acknowledgment that the promise of human embryonic stem cells is still far in the future, California’s stem cell research program on Wednesday awarded grants intended to develop therapies using mainly other, less controversial cells...
News Source: 10 News
| about 1 month ago
The Moores UC San Diego Cancer Center has been awarded a four-year, $20 million state grant to develop drugs that would thwart leukemia stem cells, it was announced Wednesday. Cancer Center will collaborate with a Canadian research tem lead by...
News Source: 10 News
| about 1 month ago
The Salk Institute in La Jolla was awarded a $10.8 million state grant to develop a stem-cell derived therapy for Lou Gehrig's disease, it was announced Wednesday. The grant was among $250 million awarded by the California Institute for Regenerative...
News Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
| about 1 month ago
The state's stem cell institute approved $230 million in grants Wednesday, including $55.6 million for projects that will be based in San Diego. The 14 grants the institute awarded statewide will go to multidisciplinary research teams — typically...
News Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
| about 1 month ago
The faltering biotechnology company Metabasis Therapeutics said yesterday that it has agreed to a takeover by the larger San Diego company Ligand Pharmaceuticals. Metabasis, which cut its staff to seven people this year as it ran low on cash, said it...