{"id":5281,"date":"2022-10-20T09:55:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T09:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod.treefrog.fr\/?p=5281"},"modified":"2022-10-20T10:29:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T10:29:51","slug":"3-phd-students-from-kings-college-london-win-the-100000-stem-cell-spaceshot-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preprod.treefrog.fr\/3-phd-students-from-kings-college-london-win-the-100000-stem-cell-spaceshot-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"3 PhD students from King\u2019s College London win the $100,000 Stem Cell SpaceShot grant"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
Bordeaux, France, Cambridge (MA), USA \/ October 20th, 2022<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0TreeFrog Therapeutics<\/a>, a biotechnology company aimed at making safer, more efficient and more affordable cell therapies based on induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), today announced that an international team composed of 3 PhD students from King\u2019s College London has been awarded the Stem Cell SpaceShot grant<\/a>. With this $100,000 research funding, Matthew Wai Heng CHUNG, Cher Shen KIAR & Sofia SYNTAKA will explore the reprogramming of stem cell-derived macrophages, with the aim of repairing neuronal damage, such as spinal cord injury.<\/p>