California stem-cell move could be test for Scripps
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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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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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The decision by California voters Tuesday to channel $3 billion into embryonic stem-cell research shifts scientific planning nationwide.
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State officials announced plans Monday to invest $7 million next year in federally restricted embryonic stem cell research and $3 million for less controversial research into adult stem cells.
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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger broke with Republican party ranks and endorsed a $3 billion stem cell research project. Proposition 71, the proposal to invest billions in
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While the federal government ponders the ethical implications of therapeutic cloning, California is blazing a trail to the future.
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Tuesday&#39;s 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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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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California becomes the first US state to provide funding for stem cell research, medical experiments that involve human embryos.
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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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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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Aastrom Biosciences Inc. on Monday said it uses adult, not embryonic, stem cells to produce cells that are being tested to see if they can repair severe bone fractures.
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UK researchers are pioneering tests of the use of adult stem cells which could reverse cirrhosis of the liver. London&#39;s Hammersmith Hospitals team will use a patient&#39;s own bone marrow stem cells to treat the disease.
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The San Diego biotechnology industry group Biocom announced it is endorsing a bond initiative on the Nov. 2 ballot that would make $3 billion available for embryonic stem cell research in California.
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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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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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Californians approved a groundbreaking measure allowing around three billion dollars in state funds to be used for embryonic stem cell research, early figures showed.