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Forging a New Future for Human Health

Science built upon innovation, collaboration and the highest ethical standards

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. 

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.

BY THE NUMBERS

240+
faculty members
359
trainees
55
Schools and departments
50+
active clinical trials
28
spinout companies launched