Calif. to Vote on &#36;3B Stem Cell Project
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Silicon Valley tycoons, Nobel laureates and Hollywood celebrities are backing a measure on California's Nov. 2 ballot to devote &#36;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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A state judge ruled on Monday that a $450 million bond proposal to finance stem cell research must stay on the November ballot, dealing a blow to abortion opponents.
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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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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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LOS ANGELES -- Two years after California voters passed a landmark $3 billion bond measure for stem cell research, not a single bond has been sold and not a penny of bond money has been spent. The fund is caught up in court challenges.
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U.S. voters approved over 80 percent  of the nearly $29 billion in bond issues on Tuesday's ballot,  agreeing to borrow money for schools, roads and the fight  against cancer, but rejecting state initiatives paying for stem  cell research.
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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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By Steve Johnson, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb. 17--More than two years after it was approved by voters, California's $3 billion stem-cell research institute Friday announced its first stem-cell research grants.
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GENEVA - Swiss voters have overwhelming backed a proposal to allow stem-cell research on human embryos. The new law won the support of more than 66 per cent of voters.
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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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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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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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California scientists and business boosters, who united for the first 10 months of the year to persuade voters to approve spending $3 billion on stem cell research, now are breaking rank as they foment plans for getting some of that money.
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California will vote on a broad campaign-finance measure that includes limits on corporate donors.
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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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California's new stem cell agency is generating a lot of talk &#151; and it's not all about the ethics of human embryonic research.
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Democratic lawmakers proposed a &#36;1 billion stem cell research initiative on Sunday, saying New York could be left behind after California voters approved &#36;3 billion for human embryonic stem cell research.