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Upheld, For Now

Feb 27, 2007


Good news for those in
California who have not yet received any grant money for their stem cell projects. A court of appeals upheld a lower court’s decision that the 2004 creation of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine by Prop 71 was constitutional. But don’t hold your breath for those funds—this case will probably be appealed to
California’s Supreme Court.


 

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