 Starting in the 1970s, the Milsteins provided capital to support medical research.In addition to the Milstein Hospital Building (1988), they funded the Milstein Institute for Surgical Science and the Milstein Laboratories (1992–1993) to conduct research in Alzheimer's Disease, diabetes and cancer.The Milstein family is also providing support to the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health and Rockefeller University, with the Milstein Medical Research Program.