Calif. Stem Cell Board Draws Fire
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The committee tasked with doling out California's &#36;3 billion in stem cell research grants has selected two of its leaders, despite conflict of interest complaints and accusations that its inaugural gathering violated the state's open meeting laws.
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Federal regulators have accused University of California researchers of mistreating animals used in medical experiments over a three-year period, according to a complaint made public Tuesday by an animal-rights group.
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California's stem cell agency on Friday doled out nearly $45 million in research grants to about 20 state universities and nonprofit research laboratories, far exceeding the federal government's spending on the controversial work.
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The California Institute of Regenerative Medicine is losing its chief scientific officer. It's just the latest kerfuffle in a year of management missteps.
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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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President Bush and his Democratic Party challenger, John Kerry, have staked out sharply different positions on the controversial subject of embryonic stem cell research.
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Naysayers argue that embryonic stem-cell research deserves no federal funding because it has shown no success. Neither have other heavily funded research programs. By Brandon Keim.
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The human embryonic stem cells available for research are contaminated with nonhuman molecules from the culture medium used to grow the cells, researchers report.
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The city of Berkeley last week took aim at Marine recruiters, saying they're "not welcome in our city" and encouraging protesters to impede their work. GOP lawmakers in Washington have fired back, threatening to take $2 million back from the city.
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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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HAMPTON, N.H.  - Democratic challenger John Kerry  on Monday broadened his attack on President Bush to include  stem cell research when he accused his rival of ignoring  science that could offer millions of sick Americans a chance at  a cure.
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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 have voted in favor of creating a $3-billion embryonic stem-cell research effort over the next decade. Proposition 71 was placed on the ballot by venture capitalists
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Recently we have seen dis- cussions by the president and first lady and two op-ed pieces about stem cell research, one on Aug. 12 by Richard Cohen and one on Aug. 15 by Michael Kinsley. Only the column by Mr. Kinsley came anywhere close to presenting the ...
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The United Nations considers a ban on all forms of cloning, a move that could eventually lead to problems for California's 10-year, $3 billion stem-cell initiative. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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Some high-profile scientists have jumped into the fight over the University of Wisconsin-Madison's stem cell patents, supporting the effort to have them revoked.
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A little more than three months after California voters approved a measure allocating $3 billion in public funds for stem cell and related research, organizers are struggling with down-to-earth concerns.