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Sickle Cell clinical trial patient Evie Junior
Microscopic images of human stem cell–derived airway tissue models with cell nuclei (blue) and SARS-CoV-2 virus infected cells (green); tissue exposed to cigarette smoke (right) had 2 to 3 times more infected cells than non-exposed tissue (left).
Headshot of S. Thomas Carmichael on left, headshot of Donald Kohn on right
A section of an artificial thymic organoid showing T cells (outlined in green) created from blood stem cells. | UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center/Cell Reports
Three panel image with Daniel Geschwind,MD, PhD, Manish Butte, MD, PhD, and Bogdan Pasaniuc, PhD
Researchers in the lab of CIRM grantee Dr. Donald Kohn
Illustration of Gay Crooks, MBBS, and Christopher Seet, MD, PhD
Photograph of Melissa Spencer in the lab
Family photo: Christian and Alysia Padilla-Vaccaro with daughters Gigi (left), Annabella (seated) and Evangelina. Evangelina was born with a rare genetic immunodeficiency disorder, but thanks to a novel gene therapy at UCLA, her immune system was restored.