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University of Pennsylvania — Research on Mammalian Reproduction (Kotaro Sasaki) (2020)

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  • Focus Area: Scientific Research
  • Portfolio Area: Transformative Basic Science
  • Organization Name: University of Pennsylvania
  • Amount: $1,000,000

  • Award Date: December 2020

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    Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs

    This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. University of Pennsylvania staff also reviewed this page prior to publication.


    Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,000,000 over four years to the University of Pennsylvania to support research by Professor Kotaro Sasaki on mammalian reproduction. Professor Sasaki’s research is focused on the development of gametes from stem cells.

    Progress in this area could eventually enable people with fertility challenges to have children and could eventually help reduce the incidence of a wide variety of congenital diseases and promote other positive outcomes. Professor Sasaki’s research is among the most promising our science team has encountered so far in this field.

    This follows our February 2019 support and falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science.

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