Stem cell research in California: the game is on

Alan Trounson; Robert Klein; Richard Murphy

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2008.02.014

Stem cell research in California: the game is on

Cell. 2008 Feb 22;132(4):522-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.02.014.

Authors

Alan Trounson¹, Robert Klein, Richard Murphy

Affiliation

¹ California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. atrounson@cirm.ca.gov

PMID: 18295567
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.02.014

Abstract

The California Initiative embodied in Proposition 71 was designed to boost embryonic stem cell research and its translation into cell therapies in the face of federal restrictions on such research. With funding starting to flow, the stem cell revolution is now underway.

MeSH terms

Biomedical Research / economics*
Biomedical Research / legislation & jurisprudence*
California
Federal Government
Financing, Government
Humans
Public Policy
Stem Cell Transplantation
Stem Cells*
United States