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June 11, 2009

Age-related macular degeneration and other eye diseases are possible candidates for future stem cell therapies. Researchers from UC Santa Barbara’s Center for Stem Cell Biology and Engineering and Center for the Treatment of Macular Degeneration are collaborating with the Doheny Eye Institute and the London Project to Cure Blindness at the University College London to generate ocular cells from stem cells. A recent article in Nature discusses ongoing efforts to develop stem cell therapies for the eye.

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January 30, 2009

UC Santa Barbara has received a $1.2 million training grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to continue an interdisciplinary training program in stem cell biology and engineering. The three-year grant will make it possible for pre-doctoral and postdoctoral students to participate in groundbreaking research in two broad but interrelated areas: the fundamental molecular biology of stem cell proliferation and differentiation, and bioengineering approaches to develop novel biotechnologies for stem cell research.

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December 15, 2008

UC Santa Barbara was awarded over half a million dollars from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to support an interdisciplinary investigation to develop novel, as well as build upon existing, stem cell tools and technologies that will help provide a foundation for future clinical applications.

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October 03, 2008

UCSB stem cell researchers, working with Minerva Biotechnologies, recently reported that a cleaved form of MUC1, a transmembrane mucin protein aberrantly expressed in most solid human tumors, acts as a growth factor receptor on undifferentiated human embryonic stem cells. Lead author Sherry Hikita and coworkers show that activation of MUC1* stimulates growth of hESC and therefore may prove useful in culture and maintenence of hESC cell lines.

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September 23, 2008

The UCSB Center for Stem Cell Biology and Engineering Co-Directors and other UCSB stem cell researchers discuss the promise of, as well as problems with, using stem cells for regenerative medicine in this Convergence issue, which also features a separate, in-depth interview with Co-Director Prof. Dennis Clegg.

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May 07, 2008

UC Santa Barbara has been awarded $3.2 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) in support of the development of a state-of-the-art facility in the newly established Center for Stem Cell Biology and Engineering at UCSB.

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November 29, 2007

These articles are on the establishment of the Southern California Stem Cell Scientific Collaboration (SC3), which includes UCSB and five other affiliates.

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October 11, 2007

These articles explain the importance and impact of a $3 million donation from Amgen founder William Bowes on UCSB stem cell research through the establishment of the Ruth Garland Chair.

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June 06, 2007

These articles summarize the implications of UCSB receiving a $2.3 CIRM grant and how this funding will allow for the advancement of UCSB stem cell research.

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May 06, 2007

In this article ethical issues and politics related to the use human embryonic stem cells at UCSB is covered.

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