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California's Stem Cell Agency Ponders Its Future in Light of Budget Woes

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The creation of California's stem cell agency in 2004 was greeted by scientists and patients as a turning point in a field mired in debates about the destruction of embryos and hampered by federal research restrictions. … Continue reading »


CIRM Awards $25 Million for FDA's First Embryonic Stem Cell Clinical Trial

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The California Institute of Research Medicine (CIRM), headquartered in San Francisco, announced today that it had: …approved a $25 million award to support the first FDA-approved clinical trial based on cells derived from human embryonic stem cells. The award to … Continue reading »