Stanford Professor Receives $1M Stem Cell Grant for 'Bubble Boy' Disease

Matthew Porteus, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine, was awarded $1 million today from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to pursue a stem-cell-based gene therapy approach to correcting a form of severe combined immunodeficiency in humans. The award was part of the state stem cell agency's Preclincal Development Awards.

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