Marcus Foundation backs stem cell therapies for heart repair with $28.7M USC gift

The Marcus Foundation donated $28.7 million to USC’s Stem Cell Center to accelerate clinical trials of stem cell–based therapies to regenerate heart tissue after a heart attack; the gift is the foundation’s largest to USC and underscores decades of biomedical philanthropy, which has totaled over $2.7 billion since 1989 and supported related initiatives in stroke research and other medical centers.