Local biotech, academics eyeing $5.5 billion stem cell measure

As California ’s stem cell research agency prepares to seek another $5.5 billion from taxpayers, local biotech researchers and companies are keeping a close eye on where those dollars go.  The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine was founded in 2004 after voters approved a $3 billion bond issue to f und stem cell research and commercialization across the state. As the agency’s funding is expected to run out this year, backers have proposed a measure for another $5.5 billion bond that…
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