September 13, 2002

Intel Founder Pledges $5-Million for Stem-Cell Research

Andrew Grove, founder of the Intel Corporation, a computer-chip maker, says it was his concern over limits on federal support for research on embryonic stem cells that prompted his recent pledge of up to $5-million to the University of California at San Francisco for a new Stem Cell Discovery Fund.

With federal funds restricted, he says, he realized that "the impact of a reasonably sized contribution to stem-cell work could be tremendous." And because he is chairman of the

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