Canadian University Gets $30-Million Donation for Stem-Cell Work

February 6, 2012, 3:59 pm

McMaster University has received $30-million to set up a human stem-cell therapy center to speed up moving such research from the lab to patient treatment, according to the Ontario university. Most of the money—$24-million—from the Marta and Owen Boris Foundation will accelerate commercialization of the research carried out at the McMaster Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute. The institute plans to develop stem-cell therapies for leukemia, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s diseases. The remainder of the donation will be used to develop a clinic for patients.

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I don’t understand why an additional “elite” institution is desirable when we have plenty of students who are fully qualified for and capable of college-level work and can probably show greater gains from college than those who are already at “the top.”

In addition, on behalf of some very good residential for-profit institutions, I take slight offense that Vedder and just about every poster ignores the fact that we have these institutions already. Yet again, let me point out that the University of Phoenix, Strayer, DeVry, ITT, EDMC and many other multiple location for-profits are not necessarily representative of the entire sector. Think Briarcliffe, Monroe, Central Pennsylvania, Berkley . . . and others.