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2008 Press Releases

August

• CIRM Announces New Faculty II Awards to Support Early Careers of Promising Stem Cell Researchers [pdf]
  8/13/08

June

• Dr. John Robson Joins CIRM As Vice President For Operations [pdf]
  6/27/08
• $24 Million in New Stem Cell Research Funding Awarded to 25 California Institutions [pdf]
  6/2708
• Minister Clement, Governor Schwarzenegger Join Forces to Fight Cancer Through Cancer Stem Cell Research [pdf]
  6/18/08
• Victoria and California Announce International Collaboration To Advance Stem Cell Research toward Cures [pdf]
  6/18/08

May

• UCLA Researchers Identify Path to Leukemia Stem Cells [pdf]
  5/22/08
• California Stem Cell Agency, Donors and 12 California Institutions Commit $1.1 Billion to Increase the Capacity for Stem Cell Research in California [pdf]
  05/07/08

April

• Some Early Results from CIRM Grantees [pdf]
  04/11/08
• CIRM Statement: First Clinical Trial Begins for a Therapy Enabled By CIRM Funding [pdf]
  04/08/08
• CIRM Review Panel Makes Recommendations for Distribution Of $262 Million to Build Research Facilities in California [pdf]
  04/05/08

March

• Dr. Marie Csete Joins CIRM as Chief Scientific Officer [pdf]
  03/12/08

February

• CIRM Major Facilities Grant Program Expected To Deliver At Least $750 Million In Stem Cell Research Infrastructure To Califronia [pdf]
  02/28/08
• Statement from the International Stem Cell Forum [pdf]
  02/27/08
• CIRM To Host International Stem Cell Forum Annual Meeting In San Francisco — Gathering of 19 Member Nations To Take Place February 26-27 [pdf]
  02/15/08
• Fifty Applications Received for CIRM'S New Cell Lines Award
  02/08/08
• Fifty Nine Applications Received For Disease Team Planning Awards — Planning Grants that Fund Innovative Research Model to be Awarded in June 2008
  02/04/08

January

• CIRM Disagrees with President Bush's Misleading Position on Stem Cell Research [pdf]
  01/28/08
• 2007 CIRM Audit Results [pdf]
  01/25/08
• ICOC Approves New Request for Applications for 14 New Faculty Awards [pdf]
  01/17/08
• 12 California Institutions to Advance in Application Process for CIRM Major Facilities Grants [pdf]
  01/16/08
• CIRM New Cell Lines Awards Attracts 57 Letters Of Intent [pdf]
  01/15/08