State voters strongly backing cell research
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California voters appeared to be strongly endorsing stem cell research Tuesday night, as exit polls and early returns suggested an easy win for Proposition 71.
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Swiss voters overwhelmingly approve government proposals to permit research using stem cells of human embryos.
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New Jersey lawmakers approved the stateâs s most sweeping measures yet in its efforts to be a leader in stem-cell research.
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California's not the only state willing to throw money at the controversial research. Wisconsin's governor plans to spend $750 million building two research centers and supporting scientists studying cardiovascular illnesses and other diseases.
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Californians voted Tuesday to spend &#36;3 billion on stem cell research, putting the state on the cutting edge of a field questioned by conservatives and the Bush administration. Arizonans approved a crackdown on illegal immigrants, and 11 states from Georgia to Oregon adopted bans on same-sex marriage.
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Californians have come down on the side of stem cell research by passing a $3 billion bond measure designed to put the state on the cutting edge of such science.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has endorsed a &#36;3 billion bond measure that would fund human embryonic stem cell research, a move that bucks Republican leaders and threatens to further strain the state's budget.
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Eight months ago, Missouri seemed well on its way to becoming a national leader in stem cell research. Voters amended the state's constitution to protect stem cell research &#151; even the controversial form using cells from human embryos. Actor Michael J. Fox appeared in TV ads, visibly shaking from Parkinson's disease as he sought votes for stem cell supporter Claire McCaskill in her bid for the U.S. Senate.
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California scientists and business boosters, who united for the first 10 months of the year to persuade voters to approve spending $3 billion on stem cell research, now are breaking rank as they foment plans for getting some of that money.
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People in Switzerland are expected to back a proposal to allow stem-cell research on human embryos, exit polls indicate.
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A vote by Californians to spend $3 billion on human embryonic stem cell research could speed progress on the promising but controversial field and make the state the epicenter of such research.
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As other states line up to invest billions of dollars in stem cell research, state lawmakers vowed Tuesday to act quickly on legislation that would enable Connecticut to join them.
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A majority of Americans favor research on stem cells taken from discarded human embryos, according to the latest survey to show growing support for the controversial science.
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The Massachusetts Biotechnology Council's recent track record on Beacon Hill is the envy of most other industry lobbies. On issues from blocking drug price-control efforts to state funding for job training, the council has successfully persuaded the Democrat-controlled Legislature and Republican Governor Mitt Romney to vote its way.
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California is moving quickly to launch a &#36;3 billion stem cell research program approved by voters this month even as the United States is leading a campaign at the United Nations to ban all cloning of human embryos, including for stem cell studies.
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LEE COUNTYâ The death of Christopher Reeve brings more attention to a controversial issue during this presidential election - embryonic stem cell research.
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Swiss voters on Sunday night gave the green light to stem cell research in a referendum that business and political leaders had described as crucial to maintaining the country&#39;s position as a leader in the drugs industry.