Businessman Donates $30M to San Diego Stem Cell Group
T. Denny Sanford, a South Dakota businessman, is donating $30 million to San Diego's stem cell consortium to fund embryonic stem cell research. The consortium will use the funding from Sanford and a $43 million grant from California's stem cell institute to build a new research facility to be called the Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine.
- "Local Stem Cell Consortium Gets $30 Million Gift" (Somers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9/16).