A Proposition for Stem Cells.

• Autores: Sally Lehrman
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 293, Nº. 3, 2005, págs. 40-42
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Focuses on the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), created by real estate investment banker Robert Klein and approved as Proposition 71 by voters in California. How the institute funds embryonic stem cell research that the federal government doesn't; Difficulties that Klein has encountered in his attempt to develop an infrastructure and battling legal and legislative challenges; Description of his passion for stem cells; Way that CIRM can streamline work for scientists by reducing legal and administrative burdens and accelerating the grant review process; Confusion of the funding process for stem cell research.