id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt news-008929 $5 million gift establishes Gallagher family professorships in adult stem cell research | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame .html text/html 925 24 36 Their gift, which will fund three new endowed professorships in adult and all forms of non-embryonic stem cell research, will strengthen Notre Dame’s leadership in the field of stem cell research and enhance the University’s effective dialogue between the biomedical research community and the Catholic Church on matters related to the use and application of stem cells and regenerative medicine. Stem cell research has the potential to contribute to the discovery of new and successful treatments for these and other diseases because it holds the unique promise of regenerating damaged cells and tissues, fully restoring tissues and organs to their normal function. cache/news-008929.html txt/news-008929.txt