Salk Institute awarded historic $42 million grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust

The Salk Institute for Biological Studies has received a $42 million gift-the largest in the Institute's history-to establish the Helmsley Center for Genomic Medicine , a research center dedicated to decoding the common genetic factors underlying many complex chronic human diseases.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-01/si-sia012213.php