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Bio Bucks: Stem cell research funding in California inspires Gov. Spitzer to initiate N.Y. research efforts

Abstract:
The University of California at San Diego is using stem cells to develop new therapies for Alzheimer's disease. Stanford University is researching both a cure for deafness and a cardiovascular tissue graft. The University of California at San Francisco is busy constructing a fate map of the human embryo....

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bigbob

posted 3/21/07 @ 8:43 AM EST

Good thing Governor Spitzer had his eyes on California and not the neighboring state of New Jersey. The first round of stem cell grants in NJ only funded about 6% hESC. Cord blood and mice cells got the bulf of the grants. Hard to believe that what was to be predominantly hESC funding wound up funding other areas of research in New Jersey.

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