Four new joint projects by Israeli and British scientists to develop stem cell therapies have been awarded a £1.5 million grant by the British Council.
The projects, which focus on treating diabetes, heart disease, leukaemia, anaemia and Alzheimer’s, are the latest additions to the Britain Israel Research and Academic Exchange programme (Birax).
The programme, established six years ago, is a British Council initiative, in partnership with the British Embassy in Israel, the Pears Foundation and charity UJIA.
The new round of funded projects will bring together scientists from the University of Edinburgh, the Weizmann Institute for Science, the Technion–Israel Institute for Technology, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Exeter University, the University of Cambridge and the University of Glasgow.
