Eight University of California scientists received more than $14 million in grants today (Jan. 27) from the state's stem cell agency to create innovative tools and technologies to advance stem cell research.

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine's governing board awarded a total of $32.9 million to fund 19 research projects that are intended to develop new technologies that overcome roadblocks in moving stem cell research into clinical trials.

Overall, CIRM's governing board has awarded nearly $1.2 billion in stem cell grants, with more than half of the total going to the University of California or UC-affiliated institutions.

CIRM Tools and Technologies Awards II:
UC Berkeley: $2.9 million (Steven Conolly, David Schaffer)
UCLA: $3.7 million (Stanley Carmichael, Richard Gatti)
UC San Diego: $5.6 million (Shu Chien, Larry Goldstein, Karl Willert)
UC San Francisco: $1.8 million (Daniel Lim)

For more information:
CIRM release