Charles C. Gates Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Biology Program

Today on Colorado Public Radio, KCFR, the host of Colorado Matters, Dan Meyers spoke with Richard Krugman, dean of the CU School of Medicine, about a $6M dollar gift from the Charles and June Gates Family Foundation that will allow the School of Medicine at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center to establish the Charles C. Gates Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Biology Program.

Listen to the story (here).

The $6 million commitment to the School of Medicine is comprised of $2.5 million for an endowed chair and $1.75 million for specialized laboratory equipment. An additional $1.75 million is being offered in the form of a challenge grant to fund portions of up to seven discipline-specific programs. The specialties are for heart/congestive heart failure; liver disease; vascular disease; neurological diseases/Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s; type 1 diabetes; blood diseases/leukemia, and cancer.