Aditi Desai of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine will be the featured presenter at the Nov. 3 noon meeting of the Hayward Rotary Club, that will gather at 1074 B St. She is the organization's outreach manager and will discuss stem cell research, gene therapy, and regenerative medicine.
The institute is a state agency working to accelerate stem cell, regenerative medicine, and gene therapy research. It has funded more than 100 cell and gene therapy clinical trials.
The institute was established in 2004 when 59 percent of California voters passed Proposition 71, also known as the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative. This vote created CIRM and allocated $3 billion to fund the research and development of stem cell treatments.