UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center (Homepage)
Forging a New Future for Human Health
FOSTERING CONNECTIONS
We bring together a community of trailblazing researchers who collaborate across disciplines to understand and address complex biomedical challenges.
SHAPING LEADERS
We invest in early-career scientists to cultivate the next generation of compassionate healthcare providers and leaders in the fields of regenerative medicine and stem cell science.
ACCELERATING DISCOVERIES
Our scientists leverage stem cells to uncover foundational insights that deepen understanding of human health and disease.
BRIDGING GAPS TO THE CLINIC
Our center provides the infrastructure and resources that empower researchers to make life-saving discoveries and bring them to patients.
Patient Stories
UCLA clinical trial offers hope for lymphoma patients
At 39, actor Hirotaka Matsunaga was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Over the next four years, he endured two courses of chemotherapy in combination with immunotherapy, but the cancer always returned. After receiving treatment in the first-in-human clinical trial of a cutting-edge CAR-T cell therapy, he's now in remission and doesn't have any symptoms at all. "I feel like myself again," Matsunaga said.
