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Cellular Therapy
$12 million gift to Columbia propels diabetes treatment into new era
July 24th, 2003
The Russell Berrie Foundation has announced a $12 million gift to Columbia University to fund cellular therapy research toward a cure for diabetes, a disease affecting an estimated 17 million Americans. The grant from the Foundation continues the philanthropic support begun by the late Russell Berrie, founder of Russ Berrie and Company, Inc. The Russell Berrie Foundation was created to express the values, passions and ideas of Berrie, whose interest in diabetes was quite personal. He was a Type 2 diabetic, who, through a large gift in 1997, created the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at Columbia University and its affiliated New York-Presbyterian...
Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2003-07-24)
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