Induced pluripotent stem cells provide a breakthrough that allows for studying specific patient conditions outside of the human body.

“that opened up the possibility for the first time that you could get stem cells from anybody from any patient and then start to study it.”

Medical research using stem cells and regenerative factors holds immense potential and deserves significant financial support.

“I think that we should be supporting these medical researchers I think it's it's one of the reasons that I've you know put almost a billion dollars into UCSF of philanthropy because I believe in these people who have absolutely yeah they've dedicated their lives you know to basic science”