Dr. Alessio Fasano of The University of Maryland announced a record $45 million donation to the university. The money was donated by the family of a grateful patient.
Fasano said the money will be used to create a first-of-its-kind institute that could eventually employ up to 200 doctors and researchers. They will not only study the often-misdiagnosed celiac disease but use it as a model to study other related diseases, including diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis.
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