Democrat Emerges As Major Stem Cell Patron
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Over three decades, Bob Klein amassed a fortune by building and financing low-income housing. After his 14-year-old son was diagnosed with diabetes in 2001, however, he redirected his considerable political clout and business savvy. The longtime Democrat has since become one of the biggest private patrons of human embryonic stem cell research &#151; medical technology that many scientists believe can someday cure a wide range of ailments, including diabetes.
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The Roman Catholic Church and the wealthy evangelical Christian Howard Ahmanson Jr. have emerged as the biggest financial backers of the campaign against a California ballot measure that would fund stem cell research and cloning projects.
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A doctor from the First Coast was able to spend time with recently deceased actor, Christopher Reeve, whose efforts to promote stem cell research continues to stir up controversy.
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California voters' approval of a &#36;3 billion ballot measure this week to fund controversial stem-cell research gives new life to a similar effort in the U.S. Congress, moderate Republicans said on Thursday.
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David Brown&#39;s Dec. 4 front-page article, &quot;2 Stem Cell Options Presented,&quot; should be an eye-opener to those who believe in the separation of church and state.
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Six weeks after Governor Deval L. Patrick captured national attention with a proposal to spend $1 billion on biomedical research, one sticky question still hangs over the plan: Who will actually get the money?
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The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill designed to boost federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research, defying a veto threat by President George W. Bush.
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An Australian scientist was named to run Californiaâs stem cell research program, filling a vacuum that had threatened to rob the program of recent momentum.
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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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The Democratic candidate steps up his airwaves campaign in an early state.
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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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Aiming to circumvent President Bush's limits on the use of stem cells from human embryos, members of Congress on Wednesday introduced bills to allow federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.
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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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Joined by the widow of paralyzed actor Christopher Reeve, Democratic challenger John Kerry on Thursday said President Bush's policy on stem cell research was akin to favoring the candle lobby over electricity.
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Former Massachusetts House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran, who opposed embryonic stem cell research while on Beacon Hill, now says state lawmakers should support the research in order for the Bay State to keep up with California.
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California Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger on Monday nominated a leading financial backer  and campaigner for the state's stem cell initiative to chair a  committee to oversee the $3 billion, 10-year research effort.
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Announcement a remarkable twist for a candidate who raised more than $100 million last year.