UCSF’s Cancer Center receives $150-million gift
UC San Francisco’s Cancer Center has received a $150-million donation from a mysterious benefactor who doesn’t want public recognition for the generous act.
The donation, which comes in the form of direct grants and an endowment, is by far the largest cash gift ever given to UC San Francisco by a private individual or organization.
The money will pay for an expansion of clinical research in which cancer patients are offered experimental treatments. It also will be used to recruit research staff and hire administrators to develop relationships with drug companies testing new cancer therapies.
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