Nine University of California scientists received more than $11 million in grants Tuesday (June 22) from the state's stem cell agency to improve the success of stem cell transplants.

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine's governing board awarded a total of $25 million to fund 19 projects to investigate rejection of stem cell transplants with the goal of improving stem cell therapies.

Overall, CIRM's governing board has awarded more than $1 billion in stem cell grants, with more than half of the total going to the University of California or UC-affiliated institutions.

CIRM Stem Cell Transplantation Immunology Awards:

• UC Berkeley: $2 million (David Raulet, Ellen Robey)
• UC Davis: $1.3 million (William Murphy)
• UCLA: $1.4 million (Gay Crooks)
• UC San Diego: $2.6 million (Martin Marsala, Yang Xu)
• UC San Francisco: $3.8 million (Jeffrey Bluestone, Mark Anderson, Tippi MacKenzie)

For more information: CIRM release

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