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21 January 2021
The Aga Khan University (AKU)’s Centre for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research (CRM) has won a Rs14.5 million grant to develop new, targeted therapies for a common form of blood cancer in adults. AKU researchers are looking to develop a more effective treatment by engineering stem cells to deliver a protein with therapeutic properties. The grant was awarded by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan’s flagship National Research Programme for Universities that seeks to support high-level and promising scientific research projects that demonstrate strategic relevance and impact to local industry and society.