Court backs $3 billion California stem cell plan
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A California appeals court on Monday upheld the legality of a voter-approved program to sell $3 billion in bonds to support stem cell research.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed a &#36;3 billion bond measure that would fund human embryonic stem cell research, breaking with California's Republican Party.
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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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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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A controversial California ballot measure that would fund a decade of stem cell research with &#36;3 billion in state money was headed for a resounding victory on Wednesday, initial returns showed.
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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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A 21st-century gold rush is on in California after the voters approved &#36;3 billion for human embryonic stem cell research.
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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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George Shultz, Secretary of State during the Reagan administration, voiced support on Tuesday for California's initiative to float a &#36;3 billion bond issue to fund stem cell research.
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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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Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates contributed &#36;400,000 to the campaign backing a California ballot measure that would make billions of dollars available for human embryonic stem cell research and cloning projects in the state, according to campaign records.
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Passage of the $3 billion stem cell research initiative, Proposition 71, could help California repeat one of the most celebrated chapters in its business history if one of its most eminent supporters is right.
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GENEVA - Swiss voters have overwhelming backed a proposal to allow stem-cell research on human embryos. The new law won the support of more than 66 per cent of voters.
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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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The campaign committee that spent &#36;35 million last year backing California's novel &#36;3 billion stem cell initiative plans to use its fund-raising prowess to fight a federal bill seeking to ban all forms of human cloning.
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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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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.