A couple in New York has donated $1 million to a university for stem cell research.
A Brighton couple has given the largest private donation ever towards stem cell research at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Jack A. Erdle, founder of Eldre Corp. in Henrietta, and his wife, Norma, donated $1 million to go specifically towards stem cell research at the university. They didn’t specify what kind of stem cell research the money should be used for.
Many universities nationwide are relying on private funding to do embryonic stem cell research. President Bush vetoed a bill last month that would have re-established federal funding for stem cell research using embryos that are normally discarded at fertility clinics.
