Month: October 2008

DR. DAVID GAMM AWARDED 5-YEAR GRANT FOR STUDY USING CUSTOMIZED STEM CELLS

Dr. David Gamm, who is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and member of the UW Eye Research Institute, has been awarded a 5-year grant for the project “Customized iPS Cell Therapy for Recessive Monogenetic Retinal Degenerative Diseases.” Stem cells can be produced from a patient’s skin cells (known as induced pluripotent stem …