ICE forges a new path, fueled by an anonymous gift. In a beloved American poem, a solitary wanderer—torn when he stumbles upon branching paths in a yellow wood—ultimately chooses the one “having perhaps the better claim.” Robert Frost’s poem speaks to all who have confronted turning points in their lives and have ultimately chosen the road less traveled. The founding of the Institute for Cell Engineering represents one such choice. In the fall of 2000, an anonymous donor presented the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine with a generous gift and instructions to “do something different.” With $58.5 million at their disposal, the school’s leaders were suddenly in Frost’s yellow wood. FULL STORY | |  | | Stem cell biologists Nicolas Christoforou and Candace Kerr confer in an ICE laboratory, designed to promote research synergies. |
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