Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards More than $15 Million to Salk Institute-Columbia University Collaborative Stem Cell Research Effort
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 14:30
in Health & Medicine
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Columbia University Medical Center have been awarded a $15 million grant by The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, establishing a collaborative program to fast-track the use of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells to gain new insight into disease mechanisms and screen for novel therapeutic drugs.