The Cellular and Regenerative Medicine Centre (CRMC) produces high-quality stem cells, made from a sample of the patient’s blood, and performs highly sensitive procedures to convert those stem cells into mature cells and tissues.
The CRMC gives clinicians at BC Children’s Hospital the tools to better understand the genetic cause of conditions like heart arrhythmias, so they can provide the best possible care to children in B.C. The goal is for improved diagnoses, identification of optimal treatments, and potentially, cures, improving and saving the lives of children across the province and beyond.
The CRMC is also enabling diabetes researchers to generate and study insulin-producing beta cells. In the future, the centre may help to provide answers for the thousands of children living with other life-altering conditions, such as cancer, bowel disease and epilepsy.
Read the announcement for the launch of the CRMC and to learn more about the centre.
The CRMC was created thanks to the generous support of Mining for Miracles, through BC Children’s Hospital Foundation.
