UC-San Francisco Receives $10M Donation To Develop Treatments for Autoimmune Diseases
On Tuesday, UC-San Francisco announced that Silicon Valley entrepreneur and philanthropist Sean Parker has donated $10 million to create a new research laboratory for autoimmune diseases. The lab will focus on better understanding autoimmunity to help create new treatments for diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, sclerosis and Type 1 diabetes.
- "Sean Parker Gives UC-San Francisco $10 Million for Diabetes Research" (Chen, San Francisco Chronicle, 11/17).