UCLA Broad Stem Cell
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Supporting innovation, excellence and the highest ethical standards focused on taking stem cell discoveries from the lab to the patient. (RT≠endorsement)
Los Angeles, CA
Joined June 2015
🔬For 20 years, our scientists have been redefining what’s possible in regenerative medicine — trailblazing therapies, transforming lives and shaping the future of human health. Dive into our story: https://t.co/VJBzi964pa
#StemCellScience #RegenerativeMedicine
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Stories like Evangelina's highlight why CIRM funds research. Supporting the scientific path to clinical trials helps us achieve life-changing treatments and cures. Watch her inspiring speech: https://t.co/ZpcjlH61Pg 🎥 : @UCLAstemcell
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In the news via @ABC7: A girl born without a functioning immune system is thriving as a healthy teenager today — thanks to an experimental gene therapy treatment developed @UCLA.
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An experimental gene therapy treatment created at UCLA gave a "bubble girl" born with a rare genetic disorder a new life.
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An experimental gene therapy treatment created at UCLA gave a "bubble girl" born with a rare genetic disorder a new life.
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An experimental gene therapy treatment created at UCLA gave a "bubble girl" born with a rare genetic disorder a new life.
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"Among David’s greatest legacies is not a single discovery or institution, but a community the constellation of people he trained, inspired & bound together through 6 decades of mentorship." Read the tribute by Drs. Lili Yang, Antoni Ribas & Owen Witte:
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Nature Biotechnology - David Baltimore (1938–2025)
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Breakthrough gene therapy is transforming the outlook for children with “bubble boy” disease — and UCLA science helped pave the way. Read more in the @nytimes. #ResearchPowersProgress
https://t.co/yqCE7DKfXC
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“Bubble boy disease” was once a death sentence. A scientific breakthrough changed that.
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Meet Dr. Mingxia Gu, a @UCLA scientist who uses stem cells to engineer mini versions of human hearts and lungs. Here, she talks about her mission to reverse aging, how her father inspires her science and the silver lining to living with face blindness.➡️ https://t.co/MKiCkeGO3L
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ICYMI: the @nytimes spoke with families whose children received a life-saving gene therapy for ADA-SCID co-developed by @Kohn_Lab, offering a thoughtful look at how the treatment has shaped their lives years later. https://t.co/bOEfBgKQGg
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“Bubble boy disease” was once a death sentence. A scientific breakthrough changed that.
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A new off-the-shelf CAR-NKT cell therapy shows promise in targeting both primary and metastatic #PancreaticTumors, offering a scalable and cost-effective immunotherapy approach. @PNASNews
https://t.co/O7ApvRCsUj
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Pancreatic cancer is among the deadliest forms of cancer, with most patients diagnosed after the disease has already spread throughout the body. The five-year survival rate for metastatic cases...
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UCLA’s Dr. Donald Kohn co-led a gene therapy trial for children with ADA-SCID, a rare immune disorder that’s often fatal early in life. The treatment restored immune function in 95% of children, safely. #ResearchPowersProgress @UCLAstemcell
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The rare "bubble boy disease" that impacts how a child's immune system works and cuts them off from the outside world may have a cure after a clinical trial showed promise. NBC Washington's Erika...
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A $6.7 million grant from @CIRMnews will support @UCLA's clinical trial of a stem cell-based therapy designed to help kidney transplant patients safely stop taking lifelong immunosuppressive drugs. ➡️ https://t.co/uS2bOR3AcE
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Join us on Thursday, December 4 as Dr. Darrell Kotton @Kottond of Boston University presents, “Pluripotent stem cells to model and treat lung disease” at 12pm in CHS 13-105. The seminar is open to all UCLA faculty, students & staff! 🐻 Register today: https://t.co/31wNExIin2
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Lab tours. Live demos. Real talk with scientists. Students from South Gate High School got an inside look at @UCLA's breakthrough research in medicine and disease treatment. Their curiosity and questions brought so much energy to our labs! 🔬🧬🧫
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Researchers at @UCLAHealthJCCC have long been committed to fighting #cancer. Their determination has driven the development of lifesaving treatments that bring hope to those diagnosed and in need of care. Read more: https://t.co/VovLQcYml9
@UofCAHealth @UCLA @UofCalifornia
universityofcalifornia.edu
UCLA’s cancer research has been deeply impactful, with millions of people receiving drugs and therapies developed in Bruin labs.
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💥 Great session on “Fibrosis: Healing Hearts Without Damaging Them”, inspiring talk by Dr. Arjun B. Deb on ENPP-1 as a new target in post-MI repair, now in Phase I trials. Had the chance to discuss our recent project with him too! @AHAScience @UCLAstemcell @DOM_UCLA
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Gene therapy pioneer Dr. Donald Kohn talks to @CNN about companies developing gene therapies to help the body make GLP-1: “There is promise, but much more data would be needed to consider human clinical trials, as it likely would be irreversible,” he said. https://t.co/JAhgeMnwj2
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People looking to lose weight and lower their blood sugar may someday be able to get a single injection that turns their cells into tiny factories that churn out a protein that is essentially the...
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What a fantastic way to kick off #CSStemCells2025—delegates and speakers enjoyed a scenic hike to the Hollywood Sign before diving into the latest in stem cell research! #WelcometoLA @CedarsSinai @UCLAstemcell @CellStemCell @CellRepMed
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Making clones in the lab this Halloween - what can be spookier?! Happy Halloween from the BSCRC! 🎃
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🔔 Very last call for #CFM_MolCellAging! 🔔 📅Next Monday, 3, is the last day to register at : https://t.co/LN1imQB9yt A full program of cutting-edge science on aging at the molecular and cellular level Organized by @EfeyanLab, Maria Blasco and @Thomas_Rando @UCLAstemcell
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Mark your calendars for Thursday, November 6 as Dr. Konrad Hochedlinger of Harvard University presents, “Investigating mechanisms of cell identity in tissue homeostasis and disease” at 12pm in CHS 13-105. Register today: https://t.co/8tVfcF8uKr
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Neurologist S. Thomas Carmichael, lung specialist Paul W. Noble and public health pioneer Ninez A. Ponce are UCLA's newest members.
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Neurologist S. Thomas Carmichael, lung specialist Paul W. Noble and public health pioneer Ninez A. Ponce are UCLA's newest members.
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