TOKYO -- Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman will contribute $2.5 million through fiscal 2027 to Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka's work on using induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell technology to treat cancer, Schwarzman and Yamanaka told Nikkei on Wednesday.
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Blackstone CEO donates $2.5m for Japan Nobel laureate's stem cell research
Stephen Schwarzman's contribution is first of its kind from a Wall Street giant
Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman, left, and Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka spoke with Nikkei on Oct. 15. (Photo by Kosuke Imamura)
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