Stem Cell Cures Consortium

04/12/2024

God bless Congressman Eric Swalwell!
We will be filing a multimillion dollar Federal appropriations research grant request to CURE Spinal Cord Injury!!

06/15/2017

"“I can tell you without a doubt my cancer treatment, my spinal cord injury treatment, would never have been invented had I followed a step-by-step straight path in academia and business, for sure,” he said. “Doing things differently has been responsible for my success. And it’s actually encouraged me to take on bigger initiatives like running for Congress.”- Hans Keirstead
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-house-challenger-20170615-story.html

Noted scientist Hans Keirstead will run for the 48th district seat now held by Republican Dana Rohrabacher

06/14/2017

What an extraordinary day for science and stem cell research for cures! This meeting is the beginning of something special! Carpe Diem

06/06/2017

Here is our wonderful agenda for stem cell cure research! Join us!

05/10/2017

So excited to announce that Asterias Biotherapeutics has sponsored our Stem Cell Cures Consortium conference at Gladstone Institutes on June 8, 2017!

Join us to hear about the latest medical breakthroughs in stem cell research and hear the story of the greatest stem cell experiment in America- The Asterias Trials! As Asterias Biotherapeutics tries to give back movement to paralyzed patients!

02/16/2017

Pre Conference ticket sale announcement:

Drexel University Star Scientist Dr. Mike Lane to speak at our stem cell Cures Consortium conferences on June 8th!

Mike is a phenomenal scientist in the paralysis and research for cure community! We are blessed to have his support!
Dr. Mike Lane will be joining our great list of speakers leading the stem cell field of cure research:

Pioneer Dr. Hans Keirstead, CIRM Chair emeritus Bob Klein, Dr.Ed Wirth, SF Supervior Jeff Sheehy are confirmed speakers!

https://www.stemcellcuresconsortium.com

"Dr. Lane is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy at Drexel University College of Medicine. He serves on the Neurobiology Graduate Student Selection Committee and the Master's Subcommittee of the Biomedical Graduate Education Committee. He supervises two graduate students and mentors a postdoctoral fellow.

Prior to coming to Drexel, Dr. Lane was an assistant professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Florida, McKnight Brain Institute. He also served as a lecturer in the annual NIH-funded Sinal Cord Injury Training Program at The Ohio State University from 2009 to 2013.

RESEARCH OVERVIEW
Visit the Lane Lab

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Spontaneous and therapeutically enhanced neural plasticity following cervical spinal cord injury
RESEARCH
After completing his graduate studies and early postdoctoral work in spinal cord injury (SCI) in Australia at the University of Melbourne, Dr. Lane relocated to the University of Florida to investigate the neuroplastic potential of the injured cervical spinal cord. This research developed a particular focus on respiratory dysfunction and spontaneous recovery. In 2013, Dr. Lane moved to the Spinal Cord Research Center within Drexel University College of Medicine's Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy to continue his research into neuroplasticity following cervical SCI. Employing a range of electrophysiological, behavioral and neuroanatomical methods, the present goal of his research team is to 1) better define the extent of functional and anatomical plasticity at spinal and supraspinal levels and 2) develop and test therapeutic strategies to enhance spontaneous neuroplasticity and lasting functional recovery. Among those therapeutic approaches being tested are intraspinal cell transplantation and rehabilitative strategies.

Current Funding

Title: "Optimizing functional recovery following cervical SCI"
Agency: National Institute of Health, NINDS (R01 NS081112)
Project Dates: 2012-2016
Role on project: Principal Investigator" - Drexel University Website

02/16/2017

Pre Conference ticket sale announcement:

SF Supervisor Jeff Sheehy to speak at our stem cell Cures Consortium conferences on June 8th!
"Jeff Sheehy has served on the governing board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine since its inception and is director for communications at the UCSF AIDS Research Institute."

Supervisor Sheehy will be joining our great list of speakers leading the stem cell field of cure research:

Pioneer Dr. Hans Keirstead, CIRM Chair emeritus Bob Klein, Dr.Ed Wirth, SF Supervior Jeff Sheehy are confirmed speakers!

https://www.stemcellcuresconsortium.com

Jeff is like a brother to me and I think the absolute world of Jeff and his mission for cures!
Sheehy is a founding member of the Steering Committee of San Francisco’s Getting to Zero Consortium, which aims to make the City the first municipality to achieve the UNAIDS goals of zero new infections, zero HIV deaths and zero HIV stigma. He also serves on the Industry Collaboration Group of the International AIDS Society’s Towards an HIV Cure project.

A longtime HIV/AIDS and LGBT civil rights activist and a person living with HIV, he was HIV/AIDS advisor to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom.

"Jeff Sheehy was appointed by Mayor Edwin Lee on January 6, 2017 as District 8 Supervisor, filling elected State Senator Scott Wiener’s vacant seat on the Board of Supervisors.

Sheehy is a long-time HIV/AIDS activist and pioneer for LGBT equality who has dedicated his life to public and community service. As former President of the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club, as former Mayor Newsom’s advisor on HIV/AIDS, and as a victim advocate in the San Francisco District Attorney’s office before that, Jeff has been on the front lines fighting inequality and injustice for disenfranchised populations. Twenty years ago, Jeff helped create and defend San Francisco’s historic Equal Benefits Ordinance, making San Francisco the first city in the country to require employers with city contracts to offer equal benefits to their employees’ domestic partners. Similar measures were eventually passed by the State of California and municipalities around the country, and more than 4,000 companies have complied, providing desperately needed benefits to LGBT Americans across the country.

The Stem Cell Cures Consortium is a conference connecting the greatest minds in stem cell research together to speak on, plan for and find stem cell cures!