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Stem cell update.


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.
 Update: The chairman of California's stem-cell institute said ethical issues related to the research will be resolved before any grants are awarded. Robert Klein Robert Klein (born February 8, 1942) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Biography
Early life
Klein was born in the Bronx to Frieda (née Moskowitz) and Benjamin Klein[1][2]
 had said that the first money from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) was created by California's Proposition 71 (2004), which authorized it to issue $3 billion in grants, funded by bonds, over ten years for embryonic stem cell and other biomedical research.  would be awarded in May, but that spurred criticism because it might not give enough time to set standards and procedures and could lead to short cuts that could drain public support. Klein told the San Francisco Chronicle The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young.[2] The paper grew along with San Francisco to become the largest circulation newspaper on the West Coast of the  he never intended to set a firm deadline.
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Title Annotation:January 7-13
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U9CA
Date:Jan 17, 2005
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