California Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Oropouche virus disrupts neurodevelopment and exhibits congenital infection potential

Oropouche virus (OROV) historically caused a self-limiting disease, yet recent strains have been clinically linked to congenital infection and neurodevelopmental disease. These observations highlight the need to study OROV as a congenital pathogen. Here, using both a historical a...

Regional signaling controls stem cell-mediated regeneration in an invertebrate chordate

Many tissues harbor quiescent stem cells that activate after injury, yet how local signals regulate this transition is not well understood. The solitary ascidian Ciona robusta provides a unique model, as bottom body fragments regenerate while upper fragments fail to do so. By com...

MIR192 upregulates GLP-1 receptor and rescues statin-induced impairment of insulin secretion

Abstract Background Statins are a commonly prescribed cholesterol-lowering drug class that can increase the risk of new-onset diabetes (NOD). The underlying molecular mechanisms have yet to be fully elucidated. We aimed to identify molecular factors associated with differential s...

Communication Challenges and Strategies in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivorship Care: A Qualitative Study of Clinician Perspectives

Purpose: Adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors treated in pediatric settings face long-term physical and psychosocial effects from cancer treatment, and lifelong specialized survivorship care is recommended. Prior research has focused on what survivors need to know ab...

Evolving Treatment Options for Spinal Pain: Balancing Innovation and Affordability in Regenerative Medicine

Abstract Purpose of Review Regenerative approaches for treating spinal pain hold great clinical promise but have the potential to disrupt healthcare upending the cost paradigm of pharmacologic care or interventional procedures. Regenerative approaches have higher upfront costs bu...

Early-life colonization with Clostridioides difficile remodels the developing gut

Clostridioides difficile causes severe disease in adults but commonly colonizes infants asymptomatically. The consequences of early-life colonization on host development remain unknown. In a neonatal mouse model, C. difficile colonization drove proinflammatory and tissue repair r...

Enhanced Osteoinduction, Rheological and Mechanical Performance of 3D-Printed Methylcellulose-Gelatin-Hydroxyapatite Scaffolds

Complex patient-specific bone defects remain difficult to reconstruct because the regenerative capacity of bone is limited and prefabricated implants cannot readily match defect geometry. In this work, methylcellulose-gelatin-hydroxyapatite (MC/GEL/HA) inks were formulated with v...

Pre-Governance in Production: A Single-Operator Case Study of Constraint-First Governance at the Deployment Decision Surface

v1.1 (2026-08-22) withdraws this study's expiry findings. The status recorded as EXPIRED in the governance trace denotes a consumed approval, not an unadjudicated timeout: it is written when an escalation is approved, to spend a one-time approval. The timeout path writes a differ...

From Gene Editing to Exogenesis: Pigs as a Source of Immune-compatible Organs for Transplantation

The persistent shortage of human organs for transplantation has intensified efforts to develop alternative sources, specifically xenotransplantation and exogenesis. Xenotransplantation uses genetically engineered pigs to provide organs, tissues, and cells for clinical use. Signif...