Garmin's Kao donates $20M to create institute within hospital

Garmin Ltd. co-founder and Executive Chairman Min Kao has donated $20 million to a nonprofit Los Angeles hospital. The gift from the Kao Family Foundation will create the Kao Autoimmunity Institute to advance research and treatment of rheumatologic diseases at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, according to a Tuesday release. The donation also will establish a program within the institute that provides training and education for people with scleroderma, a disease that causes chronic hardening and tightening…
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