From UCLA, USC, UCSB
California officials took another step to carry out the will of the state's residents by doling out millions of dollars more to stem cell researchers to translate theoretical developments as swiftly as possible into real treatments for a range of diseases. In Westwood, the Bruins received $49.2 million in stem cell study grants, with two in the $19.9 million range for work on HIV infection and on cancer stem cells linked to brain, ovarian and colorectal cancers; another $9 million plus will go for work on sickle cell disease. Bruin researchers will split a $20 million grant with Stanford for research on strokes and stem cells. In Exhibition Park, Trojan scientists received a $16 million stem cell grant for research on macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss and blindness among the elderly; UCSB will receive an additional $2.5 million stem cell grant to aid in the macular degeneration research. Meantime, the City of Hope received $32.5 million in stem cell grants for research in targeting and killing tumors and for studies on HIV-AIDS, with USC. Cedars-Sinai received a $5 million stem cell grant for research on repairing damaged heart tissue. The Southern California grants were part of $250 million handed out by the state under Prop. 71, which created the state stem cell agency and empowered it to give out $3 billion for research.
Click here to see full list of state grants, including $20 million to Bruins, Cardinal
The NYT report on stem cell grants
$49.2 million to Bruins for research on HIV, cancer stem cells, sickle cell disease
$16 million to Trojans for stem cell research on macular degeneration
$32.5 million to City of Hope for stem cell research on tumors, HIV-AIDS
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