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Irvine : University of California-Irvine
IRVINE, Calif., July 5 2006 (UPI) -- A wealthy California bond trader and his wife reportedly are donating $10 million to the University of California-Irvine's Stem Cell Research Center. Bill and Sue Gross of Newport Beach, one of California's richest couples, gave UCI $2 million for equipping, staffing and operating the center, as well as pledging an additional $8 million. Bill Gross, founder and chief investment officer of PIMCO, which manages more than $600 billion in assets worldwide, told the Register: "Despite its understandable controversy, there is so much promise in stem-cell research. Scientists hope to use stem cells to better understand disease; foster the development of new, more effective drugs; and even generate healthy cells and tissues to replace those damaged by disease or injury. We're just doing our part in making strides toward saving the lives of the more than 100 million children and adults who are battling incurable illnesses around the world."
UC Irvine Stem Cell Research
Center
University Research Park
101 Theory, Suite 150 - Irvine,
CA 92617-1705
Phone: (949) 824-2911 Fax: (949)
824-0264 email: stemcell@uci.edu |
University of California-Irvine's
Stem
Cell Research Center.
Standford University |
Research
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Francisco J. Ayala | wiki
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Board |
University Professor and Donald
Bren Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of California,
Irvine. On 12 June 2002, President George W. Bush awarded him the National
Medal of Science at the White House. From 1994 to 2001, Ayala was a member
of the U.S. President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology.
He has been President and Chairman of the Board of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science (1993-1996).
Ayala is currently President of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society of the U.S.
He has published more than 850
articles and is the author or editor of 20 books. His scientific research
focuses on population and evolutionary genetics, including the origin of
species, genetic diversity of populations, the origin of malaria, the population
structure of parasitic protozoa, and the molecular clock of evolution
Stanford
The Program on Stem
Cells in Society | (PSCS)
Christopher Thomas Scott, executive
director | links
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UC Berkeley
Michael D. West, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering
at the University of California, Berkeley | links
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UCLA Los Angeles
UCLA Los Angeles: http://www.iscbm.ucla.edu/ |
Human embryonic stem cells have only been studied since 1998
-- People: http://www.iscbm.ucla.edu/people.htm |
-- Resources: http://www.iscbm.ucla.edu/resources.htm |
-- Safety: http://www.iscbm.ucla.edu/resources/chs_code.htm |
Institute for Stem Cell Biology
and Medicine | $20 million
University of California, Los
Angeles
Box 951781 Los Angeles CA 90095-1781
| 310.825.4958
USC | University of Southern California
Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative
Medicine
Broad Institute for Integrative
Biology and Stem Cell Research at the Keck School of Medicine of USC
The 215,000-square-foot facility, which has a construction starting date set for fall 2006, will be the largest stem cell research institute in the state.
Dean Brian E. Henderson
Jon Weiner, a spokesman for
USC Health Sciences
News:$25 million 02-23-06
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UCSF San Francisco
UCSF: http://stemcellfacts.ucsf.edu/
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Virginia Commonwealth University
School of Engineering | Department
of Chemical and Life Science Engineering
601 West Main Street | Room
403 | P.O. Box 843028 | Richmond, Virginia 23284-3028
Phone: (804) 828-7789 | Fax:
(804) 828-3846 | E-mail: chemicalengr@vcu.edu
site: http://egr.vcu.edu/clse/welcome/
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Dr. Michael H. Peters
Professor and chair
Phone: (804) 828-7789 -- Fax:
(804) 828-3846
E-mail: mpeters@vcu.edu
In the long run, hESCs will not
likely be used for therapuetic purposes at all. We will use a combination
of the patient's own adult cells and nonfertilized eggs, or oocytes, from
a donor.
