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Teams of scientists at the University of Toronto are sharing a nearly CA$21 million (about $16.36 million) award into research that might lead to self-repair treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurological disorders, the university announced in a press release.
Eleven teams at the university and its partner hospitals will share the three-year grant from Medicine by Design, a University of Toronto research initiative focused on advancing regenerative medicine and cell therapy through interdisciplinary research.
Freda Miller, PhD, a neuroscientist who heads one these teams, will investigate the use of stem cells to promote the repair of myelin and muscle.
Larry King s heartbroken wife Shawn has claimed the TV icon died of sepsis and was ready to go .
The legendary late-night host died on Saturday aged 87 after a recent battle with Covid which saw him hospitalized.
King s seventh wife Shawn Southwick, whom he married in 1997 and was in the midst of a divorce with at the time of his death, says he could not overcome an infection after beating coronavirus.
She also revealed his last words to her, telling her over a video call from hospital: ‘I love you, take care of the boys .
Larry King s wife Shawn has claimed the TV icon died of sepsis and was ready to go after a recent battle with Covid (pictured in 1997)
Died: January 23, 2021. LARRY King, who has died aged 87, was one of the best-known, and highest-rated, broadcasters in America, whose hour-long programme on CNN every weeknight brought the format of talk-radio to television, and saw him interview tens of thousands of people, ranging from presidents and film stars to those with inventions, books or conspiracy theories to peddle. Though his show, which was eventually syndicated to more than 130 countries, brought him fame, wealth, a slew of awards and endless cameos as himself in films and on television, it was unusual for it actually to provide much in the way of insight or information.
LOS ANGELES (AP) Larry King, the suspenders-sporting
everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and
ordinary Joes helped define American conversation for a half-century, died
Saturday. He was 87.