Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, has received a grant of SEK 100 million (over 10 million Euros) from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation for a new regenerative medicine research centre – the Wallenberg Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WIRM). The centre will concentrate on new and pioneering research, with a special focus on the blood system.Growing knowledge of stem cells and regenerative medicine has opened up completely new avenues for the treatment of a number of diseases.
The research at WIRM will cover a broad range of areas of therapy, but will focus in particular on the blood system and on the continued development of bone marrow transplantation for those medical conditions and groups of patients that cannot currently be treated.
The establishment of WIRM represents a unique opportunity to bring Karolinska Institutet's internationally leading basic research and clinical research together at a completely new centre. It will make it possible to address research issues we currently lack the resources to tackle,” says Professor Urban Lendahl, Scientific Director of WIRM. Professor Urban Lendahl is also a Principal Investigator in one of EuroStemCell's partner projects, EuroSyStem.
Thanks to the grant from the Wallenberg Foundation and the new research centre, Karolinska Institutet's infrastructure in this area of research is being strengthened through the establishment of advanced technical equipment and new experimental techniques. The grant will also help recruit key expertise to the new centre, adding to Karolinska Institutet’s already internationally respected research community.
The grant opens up fantastic opportunities for us to pursue pioneering research at the very highest international level in these extremely important areas,” says the President, Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson.
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