If approved, Proposition 14 would authorize the state to sell $5.5 billion in bonds to extend the life of CIRM, which funds stem cell research. The ballot measure has its critics.

As the first clinical data become available on treating coronavirus patients with the cells, scientists are equivocal about the rationale for the intervention.

A study in mice reveals that stem cell transplants, currently in clinical trials, may not actually require the cells.

A new tool helps stem cells integrate with host neural circuitry after implantation in mice.

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has been funding research since it formed in 2004, giving out nearly $3 billion in grants to date.

The cells, derived from induced pluripotent stem cells, are in testing as an immunotherapy for cancer patients with solid tumors.

Age-related macular degeneration patients who received injections of retinal cells derived from donors’ induced pluripotent stem cells have maintained their level of eyesight for a year.

The treatment will be tested in a handful of patients who suffered nerve damage in sports or traffic accidents.

Critics say the misleading term actually refers to a heterogeneous population of cells, including possible tissue-specific progenitor cells and nonstem cells all lumped together.