Article: Sangamo BioSciences Research Collaborators Awarded Grant From California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to Develop Zinc Finger Nuclease-Based Stem Cell Therapy for HIV/AIDS.

Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGMO) announced that the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has granted a $14.5 million Disease Team Research Award to develop an AIDS-related lymphoma therapy based on the application of its zinc finger nuclease (ZFN) gene-editing technology in stem cells. The four year grant supports an innovative research project conducted by a multidisciplinary team of investigators led by John Zaia, M.D. the Aaron D. and Edith Miller Chair in Gene Therapy and chair of virology, City of Hope. The grant application entitled "Zinc Finger Nuclease-Based Stem Cell Therapy for AIDS" won the highest score of all grants CIRM received in ...

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