California Backs Stem-Cell Research
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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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&quot;California Healthcare Institute congratulates Gov. Schwarzenegger on his bold decision to endorse Prop. 71, the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative,&quot; said CHI president &amp; CEO David Gollaher.
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Silicon Valley tycoons, Nobel laureates and Hollywood celebrities are backing a measure on California's Nov. 2 ballot to devote &#36;3 billion to human embryonic stem cell experiments in what would be the biggest-ever state-supported scientific research program in the country.
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California's stem-cell institute  approved nearly $45 million in research grants to about 20  universities and other research laboratories on Friday as it  awaits a state appeals court decision on whether the agency is  unconstitutional.
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The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine issued a plan for how it would spend the $3 billion assigned by the stateÂs voters to finance stem cell research.
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Californians approved a groundbreaking measure allowing around three billion dollars in state funds to be used for embryonic stem cell research, early figures showed.
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Silicon Valley tycoons, Nobel laureates and Hollywood celebrities are backing a measure on California&#39;s Nov. 2 ballot to devote $3 billion to human embryonic stem cell experiments in
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The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine issued a plan today for how it would spend the $3 billion assigned by the stateÂs voters to finance stem cell research.
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Voters in California are almost  evenly divided on a ballot measure that could approve state  funding for stem cell research, according to a poll released on  Sunday.
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GENEVA : A large majority of Swiss voters approved a new law that allows medical research on stem cells taken from human embryos but rules out cloning, official results from a referendum showed.
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Democratic lawmakers proposed a &#36;1 billion stem cell research initiative on Sunday, saying New York could be left behind after California voters approved &#36;3 billion for human embryonic stem cell research.
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When Californians go to the polls, they won't simply be choosing a US president, they may also redraw the scientific map and make their state a global hub of embryonic stem cell research.
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The Illinois Senate voted Friday to spend state tax dollars on embryonic stem cell research, despite objections from those who argue the research destroys human life.
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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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SAN DIEGO - California voters resoundingly approved a measure to spend $3 billion in public money for embryonic stem cell research, opening the door for the most aggressive push yet into the controversial science.
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Bush won. Thatâs the bad news for stem cell researchers. The good news: California&#39;s Prop. 71 passed. The science is already seeing the election&#39;s fallout.
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LOS ANGLELES -- Californians voted to spend $3 billion on stem cell research Tuesday, as voters picked through 16 ballot measures that could rewrite the state&#39;s tough three-strikes sentencing law, expand casino gambling, and change the way elections are