The Philanthropy That Jump-Started a Cure for Sickle Cell Disease
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
By Kay Dervishi A Sickle Cell patient receives treatment at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and stem Cell Research at University of California. Since 2008, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has awarded $35 million to research scientists focused on the disease. Now several of them are bringing their gene therapy cure to clinical trial for FDA approval.
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