UCLA scientists receive $5.7 million in CIRM grants to advance stem cell-based technologies for treating cancer, infertility, intellectual disability syndromes and cystic fibrosis
The Foundation Awards, given to Drs. Gay Crooks, Kathrin Plath, William Lowry and Brigitte Gomperts, were announced at a CIRM meeting

Researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have received more than $5.7 million in grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the state’s stem cell agency, to fill in critical knowledge gaps in the biology of stem cells and regenerative medicine approaches and advance stem cell-based technologies for treating cancer, infertility, intellectual disability syndromes and cystic fibrosis.
The Foundation Awards, given to Dr. Gay Crooks, Kathrin Plath, William Lowry and Dr. Brigitte Gomperts, were announced at a CIRM meeting today.
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Image caption: Pictured, from top left to bottom right: Gay Crooks, MD, Kathrin Plath, PhD, Brigitte Gomperts, MD, William Lowry, PhD