Governor supports stem cell measure
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Bee Staff Writers. Bucking the leadership of his fellow Republicans, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his support Monday for a $3 billion bond measure for stem cell research
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Description: California voters Tuesday passed a ballot measure that will provide $3 billion for research on embryonic stem cells. The approval of Proposition 71 is in part a reaction to restrictions imposed on the research by President Bush.
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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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Former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz on Tuesday became the most prominent Republican to endorse a California ballot measure that would fund human embryonic stem cell research in the state.
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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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GENEVA : A large majority of Swiss voters approved a new law that allows medical research on stem cells taken from human embryos but rules out cloning, official results from a referendum showed.
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Medicinal cannabis studies are going more slowly than expected as the state&#39;s voters back stem cell work. By Edie Lau - Bee Science Writer.
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Silicon Valley tycoons, Nobel laureates and Hollywood celebrities are backing a measure on California's Nov. 2 ballot to devote $3 billion to human embryonic stem cell experiments in what would be the biggest-ever state-supported scientific research program in the country...
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Lieutenant Governor Kerry M. Healey , who has been distancing herself from Governor Mitt Romney's more conservative positions on abortion rights and stem cell research, is now pledging if she becomes governor she'll focus far more attention than Romney has on small business.
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Emboldened by the success of a stem cell ballot initiative in California last week, two scientists who have long pushed for an ambitious research center for the biotechnology
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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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New Jersey lawmakers approved the stateâs s most sweeping measures yet in its efforts to be a leader in stem-cell research.
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TRENTON, N.J.  - New Jersey, home to scores of top  drug companies, plans to spend $380 million on stem cell  research to stay in the forefront of the politically sensitive  field, its acting governor said on Tuesday.
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LEE COUNTYâ The death of Christopher Reeve brings more attention to a controversial issue during this presidential election - embryonic stem cell research.
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A proposal to spend &#36;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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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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Gov. Mitt Romney said that he would propose legislation to outlaw a type of embryonic stem cell research that is being planned by institutions in the state.