California Pumps Up Stem Cells
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Gov. Schwarzenegger takes a political risk and endorses a $3 billion California bond measure that would fund embryonic stem-cell research.
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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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A court rejects claims that California's burgeoning stem-cell agency is plagued by conflicts of interest. Once all legal hurdles are cleared, the agency can seek Wall Street funding. By the Associated Press.
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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 $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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California is moving quickly to  launch a $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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A scientific revolution of sorts is underway, with California taking a giant lead in the race to see which states become centers for basic research using human embryonic stem cells.
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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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Researchers anticipate a major recruiting effort and construction boom as California&#39;s new stem-cell experiment gets under way, creating what amounts to an independent West Coast version of the National Institutes of Health.
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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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In the increasingly competitive battle for biotech prominence, California just played a trump card: Proposition 71, a voter-approved initiative to spend $3 billion on stem-cell research over the next decade.
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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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Scientists have identified a type of stem cell that appears to fuel the growth of brain tumours. The Canadian and American researchers say their discovery could lead to new ways of targeting cancer cells.
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SAN FRANCISCO California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has endorsed a three (b) billion-dollar bond measure that would fund human embryonic stem cell research.
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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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Scientists in California say they have produced embryos that are clones of two men, a potential step toward developing scientifically valuable stem cells
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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.