UCSF Stem Cell Faculty Featured on KQED's QUEST

June 1, 2007

California's landmark stem cell research program made headlines nationally, but what's the story behind the science? KQED's QUEST investigates the potential for medical breakthroughs in the next decade and how the Bay Area is leading the way. Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhD, director of the UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine; Susan Fisher, PhD, acting director, UCSF Human Embryonic Stem Cell Center; and Deepak Srivastava, MD, director of the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, are featured.

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Stem Cell Gold Rush
QUEST, KQED-TV (NPR), May 29, 2007

UCSF's Stem Cell Efforts Highlighted in the New York Times, Other Media
UCSF Today, July 20, 2006

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