Funds flowing.Funds Flowing: At least three Los Angeles-area academic institutions said they have begun receiving their first stem cell stem cell In living organisms, an undifferentiated cell that can produce other cells that eventually make up specialized tissues and organs. There are two major types of stem cells, embryonic and adult. research-related funding from Proposition 71. In ail, 16 California non-profit institutions have received $12 million in training grants for stem cell researchers from the California Institute of Regenerative re·gen·er·a·tive adj. 1. Of, relating to, or marked by regeneration. 2. Tending to regenerate. re·gen Medicine, whose $3 billion in voter-approved bond sales so far have been blocked by opponents. In the interim the institute's board last week approved the sale of $14 million of bond anticipation notes Bond anticipation note (BAN) A short-term debt instrument issued by a state or municipality to borrow against the proceeds of an upcoming bond issue. to six California philanthropic entities. The UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine received $1.23 million, the first installment of a $3.75 million training grant approved last September. The grant will train at least 16 pre-doctoral, post-doctoral and clinical research scholars. |
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