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The Buck Institute for Research on Aging〔On January 1, 2011, the name of the institute was changed from "Buck Institute for Age Research"〕 is an independent biomedical research institute devoted solely to research on aging and age-related disease. The mission of the Buck Institute is to extend the healthspan, the healthy years of life. The institute, a nonprofit organization located in Novato, California, began its research program in 1999. It is named for Marin County philanthropists Leonard and Beryl Hamilton Buck, whose estate funded the endowment that helped establish the institute, and the Buck Trust currently contributes approximately $6 million annually to support the institute's work. In May 2007, the institute established a cooperative agreement with the University of California's Davis and Merced campuses to coordinate stem-cell research, a move hailed by UC as a collaboration that "strengthens California's leadership in stem cell research and moves it forward in an efficient, safe and cost-effective manner."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UC Davis, UC Merced and Buck Institute: Cooperate to Meet Stem Cell Oversight Requirements ) 〕 The campus of the Buck Institute was designed by architect I. M. Pei, who submitted an unsolicited proposal to design the research facility.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Buck Institute for Age Research )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Buck is Growing ) 〕 ==Research== The institute's 250+ researchers work across disciplines to understand the aging process and its link to chronic disease. Buck Institute scientists have authored more than 660 scholarly papers for scientific journals since its opening in 1999.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The New Regenerative Medicine Research Building at the Buck Institute for Age Research Novato, California )〕 The Buck Institute's program in Regenerative Medicine and Aging focuses on three questions: # why do aging tissues lose their capacity to regenerate? # why do stem cells fail to function as one gets older? # how do tissues change during aging such that they no longer support normal regenerative processes? The research at the Buck Institute is supported by "technology cores" which include genomics, proteomics and mass spectrometry, morphology, transgenics, and bioinformatics. The Buck Institute is one of seven organizations that comprise The Glenn Foundation for Research in Aging.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Glenn Foundation for Medical Research )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Buck Institute for Research on Aging」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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