New research funding

10 Jul 2014

Prof. Alan Davidson (University of Auckland) and Dr. Patrick Harrison (UCC) were awarded a joint HRB/MRCG/Cystinosis Foundation Ireland 3-year research grant for E295,000.

The new project entitled "Modelling cystinosis with human stem cells and the therapeutic potential of aspartate" starting in October 2014. The project brings together the CRISPR gene editing technology developed in Dr. Harrison's lab together with the inducible pluripotent stem cell work of Prof. Davidson. 

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