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New Procedures at CIRM: California Stem Cell Agency Staff Nixes Grant Application 27 Aug 2013 | 06:04 am
For the first time in its nine-year history, the staff of the $3 billion California stem cell agency this week formally and publicly weighed in on grant approval actions by its prestigious reviewers,...
California Stem Cell Agency's $150,000 Search for Its Financial Future 23 Aug 2013 | 01:26 am
A San Francisco consultant, who is often known as an “economic therapist,” has been selected to devise a “strategic road map” for the financial future of the $3 billion California stem cell agency. J...
New Ties to Big Pharma and Venture Capital Proposed at California Stem Cell Agency 23 Aug 2013 | 12:11 am
The $3 billion California stem cell agency wants to recruit major biotech and venture capital firms to help provide tens of millions of dollars in research awards to California enterprises. It's part...
A $2 Million Bill: Outside Contracting by California Stem Cell Agency 22 Aug 2013 | 11:04 pm
The $3 billion California stem cell agency this week posted a list of its outside contractors, who range from a a $25,000 stem cell licensing consultant to a $550,000-a-year law firm. The agency expe...
Correction 21 Aug 2013 | 08:28 pm
The stem cell spending item yesterday incorrectly stated that the California stem cell agency would run out of funds for new grants in 2013. The correct year is 2017.
California Stem Cell Agency Spending: Where the Money Is Going 20 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Analysis of CIRM funding by Pat Olson, executive director of CIRM scientific activities July 2013 The California stem cell agency will have committed $472 million to translational research – a key to...
Flim-Flam Stem Cell Artists Targeted by CIRM 20 Aug 2013 | 03:30 am
The California stem cell agency has joined with other prestigious stem cell organizations to help put a stop to the flim-flam artists that prey on desperate people by promising miracle cures from stem...
California Stem Cell Researchers to Receive $70 Million Next Week 19 Aug 2013 | 09:53 pm
The California stem cell agency is scheduled to give away $70 million next week as it moves forward on its efforts to turn research into cures. The awards will be for efforts that will result in proo...
'Butter and Eggs Money" and a Gubernatorial Veto 15 Aug 2013 | 08:48 am
Nancy Scheper-Hughes, professor of medical anthropology at UC Berkeley and director of Organs Watch, is one of the opponents of the legislation that would have permitted women to sell their eggs for r...
Bonilla: Veto of Pay-for-Eggs Bill Shows Troubling Mindset 15 Aug 2013 | 05:42 am
A Democratic state legislator today assailed Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown's “mindset” as “particularly troubling” in his veto of legislation that would have allowed women to sell their eggs for scienti...
