Economic Impact of Calif. Stem Cell Plan Debated
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LOS ANGELES/SAN FRANCISCO  - A proposal to spend  $3 billion in California state funds on stem-cell research is  likely to attract scientists and create jobs, but some critics  question whether the investment will pay off.
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A $3 billion stem cell research initiative in California means the Garden State faces stiff competition to secure and retain top researchers, experts warned Tuesday.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- 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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It's time to get down to business for stem-cell scientists and administrators after the tremendous boost they received from the passage of California's Proposition 71. Two advisory board appointments have been made; there are 25 to go. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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California Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger, who has repeatedly called for fiscal discipline  to heal the state budget, endorsed a ballot measure on Monday  that would spend up to $6 billion in state money on 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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California, in an act of rebellion against the White House, may be on the verge of spending $300 million a year in each of the next 10 years on stem cell research.
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California becomes the first US state to provide funding for stem cell research, medical experiments that involve human embryos.
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California's new stem cell agency is generating a lot of talk &#151; and it's not all about the ethics of human embryonic research.
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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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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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California voters appeared to be giving overwhelming approval Tuesday to a measure that establishes a state-sponsored stem cell research facility that would include the use of embryonic stem cells.
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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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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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HUSH-HUSH: California's new stem cell agency isn't telling the public much about how it's being organized or where it will ultimately spend &#36;3 billion in taxpayer money.
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California's new $3 billion stem  cell research program risks floundering if it does not build a  solid foundation at the start, critics said.
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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.