Calif. to Vote on &#36;3B Stem Cell Project
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Silicon Valley tycoons, Nobel laureates and Hollywood celebrities are backing a measure on California's Nov. 2 ballot to devote &#36;3 billion to human embryonic stem cell experiments in what would be the biggest-ever state-supported scientific research program in the country.
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U.S. voters approved over 80 percent  of the nearly $29 billion in bond issues on Tuesday's ballot,  agreeing to borrow money for schools, roads and the fight  against cancer, but rejecting state initiatives paying for stem  cell research.
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A state judge ruled on Monday that a $450 million bond proposal to finance stem cell research must stay on the November ballot, dealing a blow to abortion opponents.
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California voters appeared to be strongly endorsing stem cell research Tuesday night, as exit polls and early returns suggested an easy win for Proposition 71.
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California, in an act of rebellion against the White House, may be on the verge of spending $300 million a year in each of the next 10 years on stem cell research.
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An appeals court upholds the state's $3 billion stem-cell research effort. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine will distribute $80 million in grants this month. In Bodyhack.
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A proposal to spend &#36;3 billion in California state funds on stem-cell research is likely to attract scientists and create jobs, but some critics question whether the investment will pay off.
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Emboldened by the success of a stem cell ballot initiative in California last week, two scientists who have long pushed for an ambitious research center for the biotechnology
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Medical ethicists are concerned that the $3 billion that California approved for embryonic stem cell research could become a bonanza for private profiteers.
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SAN DIEGO - California voters resoundingly approved a measure to spend $3 billion in public money for embryonic stem cell research, opening the door for the most aggressive push yet into the controversial science.
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10/19/04- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is putting his political career at risk. He endorsed a 3-billion-dollar bond measure that would fund human embryonic stem cell research.
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California&#39;s controversial stem cell research ballot measure appears to be gaining favor, according to a poll that found 54 percent of likely voters approve it.
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Bee Staff Writers. Bucking the leadership of his fellow Republicans, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his support Monday for a $3 billion bond measure for stem cell research
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Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates has donated $400,000 to a campaign in California trying to win approval of a measure calling for the state to sell $3 billion in bonds to fund stem-cell research.
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Passage of the $3 billion stem cell research initiative, Proposition 71, could help California repeat one of the most celebrated chapters in its business history if one of its most eminent supporters is right.
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LOS ANGELES/SAN FRANCISCO  - A proposal to spend  $3 billion in California state funds on stem-cell research is  likely to attract scientists and create jobs, but some critics  question whether the investment will pay off.
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A 21st-century gold rush is on in California after the voters approved &#36;3 billion for human embryonic stem cell research.