Univ. of California, Los Angeles

UCLA launches $20 million stem cell institute

Published in Physician Law Weekly, April 6th, 2005

Drawing together experts from fields as diverse as engineering to molecular biology, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) officials have announced the formation of the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine to conduct embryonic and adult stem cell research that may lead to better treatments for HIV, cancer and neurological disorders.

"As one of the world's leading research universities, UCLA has long been engaged in adult and embryonic stem cell research with activities in areas ranging from the AIDS Institute to the Brain Research Institute to the UCLA College," said UCLA Chancellor Albert Carnesale. "The new UCLA Institute for Stem Cell Biology and...

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