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The letter insinuates an imaginary "scandal" involving funds of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), alleging "hundreds of thousands of dollars were misappropriated.". While reasonable minds may differ on strategies to move science forward to develop cures and treatments for chronic disease, we should all agree that slandering those who disagree with us is out-of-bounds. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Close Scrutiny Needed as First Stem Cell Grants Offered to For-Profit Companies, Consumers Say Dec 1, 2007
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has just issued calls for applications for two types of grants. CIRM said it planned to fund up to 20 six-month disease team planning grants for a total of $1. (PR Newswire)
Controller looks into stem cell institute issues Nov 30, 2007
Created by voters in 2004, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has the worthy mission of finding cures for diseases and advancing basic biological science. But because of the way this institute was structured through Proposition 71, its management is rife with potential conflicts. (Fresno Bee)
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29) rightly decries the lack of public oversight at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. But the recent scandal there, where hundreds of thousands of dollars were misappropriated, is a systematic problem of government financial support for medical research and not an aberration. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Southern California institutions to collaborate on stem cell research Nov 29, 2007
Through grants from organizations such as the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and the National Institutes of Health, SC3 members have a long history of partnering on various research projects. The new agreement is a major step forward in supporting potential significant stem cell findings by allowing members to share training programs, scientific core facilities and expertise, and to team up on a wide range of research programs. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
UC Davis researchers find evidence of mature heart cell potential in embryonic stem cells Nov 28, 2007
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has awarded more than $11 million to researchers at UC Davis, to conduct stem cell research. In 2005, the NIH awarded $6 million to UC Davis to fund a Center of Excellence in Translational Human Stem Cell Research, one of only two such centers in the nation. (EurekAlert!)
Reprogramming The Debate: Stem-cell Finding Alters Ethical Controversy Nov 23, 2007
In 2005, she was appointed to the ethics standards working group of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Also in 2005, she helped to draft the National Academies' Guidelines for Embryonic Stem Cell Research, and in 2006 she was appointed to co-chair the National Academies' Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee. (Science Daily)
New skin stem cell tech no blow to existing research Nov 23, 2007
Funding embryonic stem cell research was the core rationale for the establishment in 2004 of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the brainchild of real estate developer Robert Klein and other backers who were frustrated by the federal funding limits. Murphy said the institute will continue to fund work on embryo-derived stem cells, as well as stem cells developed from adult cells. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Breakthrough in Stem Cells Nov 22, 2007
Richard Murphy, interim president of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which was created by the initiative to distribute that money, hailed the findings. "We think this is very exciting," he said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Conflict-of-interest claims in California Nov 22, 2007
The California Stem Cell Report, a one-man operation run by writer from his sailboat off the coast of Mexico, has today, about a member of the committee who oversees the states $3 billion stem-cell initiative, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). Turns out that John Reed, who is also president of the Burnham Institute in La Jolla, wrote a letter back in August that protested the agencys decision not to award a $638,000 grant to the Burnham. (Nature News Service)
Scientists turn human skin cells into stem cells in breakthrough Nov 22, 2007
Richard Murphy, interim president of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which was created by the 2004 initiative to distribute that money, said the new findings were exciting, but do not take away the need for more research using human embryos. "It was human embryonic stem cell work that gave rise to these new findings," he said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
CIRM eyes $700M in lab funds Nov 22, 2007
71, which authorized the sale of $3 billion in state bonds to finance CIRM's activities, applicants must come up with a cash match of at least 20 percent of their grant amount to be eligible to receive any of the state stem-cell facility money ... These requirements are behind the $700 million approximation, says David Lichtenger, chair of the Scientific and Medical Facilities Working Group, an advisory body to the CIRM governing board ... Already, California universities and other research... (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Scientist Behind Stem Cell Breakthrough Has Bay Area Ties Nov 21, 2007
Richard Murphy, CIRM interim president, called Yamanaka's work "another extremely important contribution to the stem cell field.". Murphy cautioned, however, "We have to continue working with naturally occurring human embryonic stem cells, which remain the gold standard against which all alternative sources of human pluripotent stem cells must be tested.". (NBC 11, CA)
Stem cell breakthrough nails dilemma Nov 21, 2007
The discovery shows that more, not less, embryonic stem cell research is needed said Robert Klein, chair of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which funds embryonic stem cell research. "With as brilliant of a discovery as this is, it will be three or four years before we really understand the stability of these lines," he told AFP.. (iAfrica.com)
Clones of monkey embryos raise hopes for stem cell research Nov 15, 2007
Renee Reijo Pera, director of human embryonic stem cell research at Stanford University School of Medicine, receives funding through the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the grant-making authority for the state stem cell program. "This is a first," she said of the work by the Oregon researchers. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Cloned embryos yield stem cells Nov 15, 2007
Alan Trounson, president of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, praised the work and tried to allay fears that it would speed the creation of a cloned baby. "This quest to develop stem cells is not an attempt to clone humans or non-human primates, and I want to affirm in the strongest possible terms my opposition to such cloning," he said. (AZCentral -- News)
Leeza Gibbons Named to Stem Cell Board Nov 15, 2007
The former "Entertainment Tonight" host will fill the Alzheimer's advocate seat on the 29-member panel that oversees the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which doles out $300 million annually in research grants. She was appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. (Newsmax)
Stem Cells Can Improve Memory After Brain Injury Nov 3, 2007
UCI scientists Debbi Morrissette, Masashi Kitazawa and Salvatore Oddo also worked on this study, which was funded by the National Institute on Aging, the National Institutes of Health, and a California Institute for Regenerative Medicine postdoctoral scholar award. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
World's First-Ever Stem-Cell Storage Company Opens In Bay Area Oct 30, 2007
The new company is located not far from the new California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, a state agency that makes grants and provides loans for stem cell research and research facilities. State voters approved $3 billion in funding for the agency. (NBC 11, CA)
Nascent stem cell company raises ethical and medical issues Oct 30, 2007 New head of stem cell agency not affected by tainted research Oct 18, 2007 Stem cell work under investigation Oct 18, 2007 Attorney Represents Frozen Human Embryo In Court Oct 17, 2007 County Lines for October 13, 2007 Oct 13, 2007 Calif. stem cell agency back on track? Oct 5, 2007 State pulls Burnham's stem cell seed grant Oct 5, 2007 CIRM OKs 2 new research programs Oct 5, 2007 Individuals buy $102M in stem cell bonds Oct 5, 2007 Stem cell bond sale to individuals extended Oct 4, 2007 Stem cell breakthrough? Sep 29, 2007 Australian stem cell leader's top US role Sep 16, 2007 Stem cell institute tabs pioneer as head Sep 16, 2007 Australian to head stem cell program Sep 15, 2007 Neural Stem Cell Study Reveals Mechanism That May Play Role In Cancer Sep 12, 2007 Short-term T-bill rates fall Sep 5, 2007 Science officer at stem-cell center to step down Aug 25, 2007 Top science officer at calif. stem cell agency quits Aug 25, 2007 New head at Calif. stem cell group Aug 11, 2007 Stem cell group names new interim president Aug 10, 2007 Stem cell board aims for speed Jul 23, 2007 County backs off city borders: Recall threat against Thomson, Yamada dropped Jul 19, 2007 UCR gets stem-cell funding Jul 5, 2007 Stem cell center's plans in the works: Developer wants large research park east of town Jun 29, 2007 Hall reflects on stem cell job Jun 25, 2007 Bush vetoes stem cell bill Jun 21, 2007 Journal editor retracts comments Jun 9, 2007 A door opens for easing stem cell ethical dilemma Jun 8, 2007 Scientists can mimic stem cells in mice Jun 8, 2007 UCSB Wins $2.26 Million Grant for Stem Cell Research Facilities UCSB, Jun. 06 Jun 7, 2007 UCLA Stem Cell Institute Receives $2.86 Million State Grant for New Lab Space UCLA, Jun. 06 Jun 7, 2007 State funds $2.71 million stem cell research facility at UCSC UCSC, Jun. 06 Jun 7, 2007 Stanford Researchers Find Stem Cells In Colorectal Tumors Jun 7, 2007 Buck Institute awarded $4.1 million for stem cell research, training Jun 7, 2007 CALIFORNIAStem cell program doles out $50 million Jun 7, 2007 UCSF wins $3.9M stem cell grant Jun 6, 2007 UC Irvine awarded $3.9 million to upgrade stem cell research facilities, tr UCI, Jun. 05 Jun 6, 2007 State stem cell program issues new grants Jun 6, 2007 SoCal Institutions Receive New Funds For Stem Cell Research Jun 6, 2007 California institutions boost stem cell research Jun 6, 2007 Calif. stem cell research program clears final legal hurdle May 23, 2007 Move ahead on stem cells May 22, 2007 Effort to block stem cell research in Calif. defeated May 19, 2007 Court ruling ends stem cell dispute May 18, 2007 State Supreme Court affirms stem cell measure May 17, 2007 Calif. High Court OKs Stem Cell Institute May 17, 2007 Court upholds stem-cell research May 17, 2007 Burnham builds its team in Orlando May 16, 2007 Stem cell institute names acting president May 4, 2007 Stem cell leader to retire sooner Apr 19, 2007 Stem cell agency president steps down earlier than planned Apr 18, 2007 UC class learns to keep stem cells in line Apr 15, 2007 High court asked for stem cell decision Apr 8, 2007 Feds to toss 3 stem cell patents Apr 3, 2007 Salamanders Re-grow Lost Limbs, Could Human Medicine Benefit From Understanding Regeneration? Apr 2, 2007 NO DEGREE REQUIRED Apr 1, 2007 CALIFORNIAStem cell grants come with dash of criticism Apr 1, 2007 Converging minds Apr 1, 2007 Rush to judgment? Mar 28, 2007 Calif. stem cell grant raises concerns Mar 28, 2007 Delay is urged on stem cell cloning grant Mar 23, 2007 San Diego Stem Cell Consortium Tops in State Funding UCSD, Mar. 21 Mar 22, 2007 Bio Bucks: Stem cell research funding in California inspires Gov. Spitzer to initiate N.Y. research efforts Mar 21, 2007 Stanford stem cell scientists get $17 million Mar 20, 2007 California Stem Cell Scientists Get $75 Million Boost Mar 19, 2007
-- California Institute for Regenerative Medicine California's $3 billion stem cell research funding program. E-mail Bernadette Tansey at. (San Francisco Chronicle)
17 seek $227M for building stem cell research facilities Oct 26, 2007
CIRM is expected to approve the grants in April ... CIRM's major facilities grants are the most publicly visible of its projects to date, and CIRM Chairman Robert Klein has said the grants could lead to more than $500 million in new construction ... That figure is based on CIRM's requirement that applicants provide a 20 percent match. (San Francisco Business Journal)
Trounson, 61, was chosen last month to become president of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and plans to take the helm of the state-funded agency in December. Newspapers in Australia have since reported that a scientist at Trounson's Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories is being investigated after state auditors found that unpublished data from a stem cell experiment to repair lung damage in mice could not be verified with information in the researcher's lab notebooks. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Australian researcher working under new CIRM president Alan Trounson submitted false progress reports ... He added: "I have no idea what the outcome will be... but no-one has ever indicated to me that the person involved had deliberately fabricated data." Dale Carlson, spokesman for the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, told The Scientist Trounson had discussed the matter with CIRM officials prior to his appointment. (The Scientist)
The plaintiff, Mary Scott Doe, is a frozen human embryo whose parents could be harmed if California Institute for Regenerative Medicine goes ahead with its plans of stem-cell research, Palmer claimed. The institute was created by the passage of Proposition 71, a 2004 initiative that authorized $3 billion in bonds for stem cell research. (NBC4.tv, CA)
26 million earlier this year from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to build the center. More than 20 researchers from UCSB and neighboring research centers are expected to use the facility. (Santa Maria Times)
The (CIRM) today (October 4), entered the second day of its first public sale following a strong showing yesterday ... The strong showing suggests CIRM may finally be getting back on track after delays in grant awards due to litigations over the past three years, according to a CIRM spokesperson and people in the stem cell community ... "I think we're a little behind schedule, but not by much," Dale Carlson, spokesperson for CIRM told The Scientist. (The Scientist)
Of the 120 grant applications previously approved for funding by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, one of several awarded to the Burnham has become the first to be denied after further review. The reason: a technicality. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
The programs will be funded by $26 million from CIRM, the agency created by 2004 California voter approval of a $3 billion bond issue to pay for embryonic stem cell research ... CIRM officials said in a press that they expect to fund up to 16 grants for three years, with average annual project costs of $300,000 ... "Disease teams are an innovative model, one that has not been applied previously to stem cell research," said Arlene Chiu, CIRM's interim chief scientific officer. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
The remainder will pay the cost of issuing bonds and to retire about $48 million in bond anticipation notes that funded CIRM while battles with taxpayer and religious groups delayed the bond sale. CIRM has awarded $208. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
The remainder will pay the cost of issuing bonds and retire about $45 million in bond anticipation notes that funded CIRM.. CIRM has awarded $208. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
A grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine could be a possible funding source. The key for us is getting the money to get to trial, Krstich said. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
The internationally respected director of immunology and stem cell laboratories at Melbourne's Monash University will become president of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine this year. With a budget of $US3 billion ($3. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Australian stem cell pioneer Alan O. Trounson was appointed to run the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine yesterday. Stem cell insiders called his hiring a coup for the institute because of his research r;sum;, his entrepreneurial and management abilities, and his experience navigating Australia's rocky political climate on human embryonic stem cell research. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
His appointment was approved unanimously late Friday by the board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. I have great respect for Alan as a scientific colleague and a deeply ethical and moral individual who will provide great leadership to the CIRM in coming years, said Larry Goldstein, an embryonic stem cell researcher at the University of California San Diego who has collaborated with Trounson. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Elias is one of 16 UCSF CIRM Stem Cell Scholars -- up and coming young scientists funded by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, established by California voters in 2004 to allocate 3 billion over 10 years to support stem cell research. Scientists have known that migration of neurons depends in part on motors within the cells that drive their movement along the neural stem cell fibers. (Science Daily)
Marsha Chandler, chief operating officer of the Salk Institute in La Jolla, has been appointed to the oversight board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. She fills the board vacancy created when Richard Murphy, former president of the Salk, retired July 1. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Chiu will work as a consultant with CIRM, the agency created by voter-approved Prop ... "Although I am considering several exciting opportunities, I will always be a cheerleader for CIRM, and will be happy to help the new leadership and the institute in any way that I can," Chiu wrote in a letter to CIRM board members ... Chiu joined CIRM from the in 2005 as director of scientific activities. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The top scientist at the state-funded California Institute for Regenerative Medicine CIRMs has quit that role with the agency. CIRMs Interim Chief Scientific Officer -- Dr. Arlene Chiu (CHOO) -- says she will return home to Los Angeles at the end of October. (KRNV.com, NV)
CIRM's governing board, the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee, or ICOC, approved Murphy's six month, $300,000 contract on Wednesday (August 8). CIRM, which was created in 2004, is responsible for meting out the $3 billion in stem cell research funding made available by the passage of California's ... "My job as president is going to be, first and foremost, to make sure the operation of CIRM is efficient and effective," Murphy told The Scientist. (The Scientist)
Former Salk Institute for Biological Studies chief Richard Murphy, who left the oversight committee of the after retiring last month from the Salk, was named Wednesday as interim president of CIRM. ... Robert Klein, chairman of the committee that oversees CIRM, said Murphy's work will "allow the agency to broaden and deepen its research grant programs." ... CIRM's work has picked up in recent months with the distribution of scientific grants and upcoming applications for $227 million in major... (San Jose Business Journal)
In the end, CIRM's facilities working group settled on "urgency" as one of five criteria for awarding the facilities grants ... The grants won't be the first awarded by CIRM and its Independent Citizens Oversight Committee ... In fact, CIRM already has earmarked $208 million -- most of that for scientific work -- that eventually will come from $3 billion in bond proceeds that Prop. (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
71, which would establish a new state medical research institute the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and authorize the issuance of 3 billion in state general obligation bonds to provide funding for stem-cell research and research facilities in California. Robert Klein, chairman of the institute, spoke passionately Tuesday for the research center: t could be a world-class model, he said. (Davis Enterprise, CA)
The university earned about 4 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the independent agency created by Proposition 71 to oversee 3 billion in bond funding, since the beginning of the year. A 2. (North County Times)
71 also established a California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to regulate stem cell research and provide funding, through grants and loans, for such research and research facilities and established the constitutional right to conduct stem cell research while prohibiting the institute from funding research on human cloning. Reach Elisabeth Sherwin at. (Davis Enterprise, CA)
Hall, 69, who stepped down as president of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine last month, spoke to The San Diego Union-Tribune on Thursday from his home in Wyoming, where he is recuperating from prostate surgery. As the institute's board prepares to name his replacement perhaps as early as Tuesday Hall reflected on his two years in the job. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, created by voter initiative in 2004, is now the largest source of funding for embryonic stem cell research in the world. It has approved 136 grants to California universities and research institutions totaling more than $208 million. (USA Today)
California Stem Cell Report News, information and commentary on public policy and business issues involving California's new stem cell agency, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, created by Prop. 71. (The Scientist)
But the rarity of eggs is definitely a challenge. " Ethical rules in California and other states forbid paying women who undergo the sometimes risky egg-extraction procedures. Harvard's Kevin Eggan, a senior scientist involved in the new experiments, said Wednesday that he and his colleagues have been unable to find even a single egg donor after a year of looking. Ethics aside, Eggan said the real reasons his lab pursued an alternative to egg donation "are really scientific and logistical in... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Arlene Chiu, interim chief scientific officer at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the agency in charge of the state's 3 billion stem cell program, said the new work shows a path around a major bottleneck the shortage of fresh human eggs available for research. e are interested in new ways of generating pluripotent stem cells, she said. (Davis Enterprise, CA)
UC Santa Barbara is one of 17 institutions in the state to be awarded a grant by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to construct laboratory facilities for stem cell research ... The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine was established in 2004 with the passage of Proposition 71, the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative ... California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. (University of California Newswire, CA)
The UCLA grant was one of 17 awarded by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) totaling more than $50 million in funding. The CIRM's governing board, the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee, which is charged with managing the state's $3 billion stem cell program, approved the facilities grants at its meeting today, held at UCLA.. (University of California Newswire, CA)
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has approved a $2. 7 million grant to fund a stem cell research facility at UC Santa Cruz. (University of California Newswire, CA)
The work was supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Foundation, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and the Fondazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro. Note: This story has been adapted from a news release issued by Stanford University Medical Center. (Science Daily)
1 million grant Tuesday from the (CIRM) ... The monies were granted for the "North Bay CIRM Shared Research Laboratory for Stem Cells and Aging". (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
" Thirty-two UCSF investigators are in line for Prop. 71 grants, creating "a huge need" for space to accommodate their work, Fisher said. As at other campuses, individual investigators will typically carry out some of their work in their own labs, but will share the new state-financed space with colleagues working on related projects that may require the same equipment. Online resources Information about the new grants can be found under "Press Releases" at: For information about the California... (San Francisco Chronicle)
CIRM, created by California voters by the passage of Proposition 71 in 2004, awards state money for stem cell research ... In reviewing the university's grant proposal for the stem cell course, CIRM said "it is one of the highest levels of teaching and course offerings, not only in California, but perhaps the entire country." ... CIRM said UCSF is one of the leading stem cell research sites in the world. (San Francisco Business Journal)
Grant brings total CIRM funding for UCI to $17 ... CIRM awards are intended to fund laboratories and equipment for the growth of human embryonic stem cells and training for scientists and technical staff who grow and maintain these cells ... All grants are subject to review and revision by CIRM.. (University of California Newswire, CA)
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine is in charge of administering the program. The state agency's oversight board voted the latest grants Tuesday during a meeting in Los Angeles. (San Francisco Chronicle)
LOS ANGELES -- USC, UCLA and UC Irvine were among 17 academic and non-profit institutions in California to receive new funds from $50 million in grants awarded Tuesday from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine ... The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine agreed to provide UCLA with a $2 ... To date, the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee, which governs the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, has allocated more than $200 million. (NBC4.tv, CA)
The funds were awarded on Tuesday from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said ... To date, the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee, which governs the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, has allocated more than 200 million dollars. (Xinhuanet, China)
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the state's stem cell research body that was established with the passage of Proposition 71 in 2004, had been prohibited from allocating the money because of a legal challenge filed by abortion opponents and taxpayer advocacy groups who questioned the constitutionality of the program. But after two and a half years of legal action, state leaders hailed last week's court action as a victory for the state's stem cell program and for patients... (U-Wire.com)
We hope its stewards are ready at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Even before the bond money was available, fights over the institute's oversight procedures, conflict-of-interest policies and intellectual property plans have revealed that the long struggle for research that will be beneficial to both scientists and the state will not be easy. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Proposition 71 was passed in 2004 and created the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, a board that regulates funding for stem cell research. The proposition also allows the state of California to sell bonds for 10 years to fund stem cell research, said Steve Peckman, the associate director of the UCLA Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine. (U-Wire.com)
It also means the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine can soon pay back a $150 million loan granted by the state. Most important, the end of litigation could prompt the institute to operate more openly, with less of a fortress mentality. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
The court declined to hear the California Family Bioethics Council's appeal of the ruling in its case against the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which was founded through Proposition 71 funding. The funding, which would come from the sale of $3 billion in bonds, has been tied up during litigation. (East Bay Business Times, CA)
Lockyer in a statement said the court's decision "strongly affirmed" the constitutionality of the institute, known as the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Voters approved Proposition 71 in 2004 to set up the institute, which opponents had challenged in a long-running lawsuit in state court, delaying the sale of the bonds. (Newsmax)
The decision clears the way for the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to dole out billions in research grants that had been held up by the litigation ... The case is California Family Bioethics Council v. California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, S151574. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Tyrberg, who has led extensive studies into adult stem cells at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, holds a doctorate in medical sciences. Mike Dollar, vice president for finance and chief financial officer. (Orlando Sentinel)
Hoffman became chief finance and administrative officer in November, and will serve as president until a permanent replacement is named by CIRM's board ... Prior to joining CIRM, she was director of Non-State Capital Development and Facility Planning as well as deputy to the Senior Vice President for Business and Finance in the University of California Office of the President ... He has also been serving as CIRM's chief scientific officer. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
You can choose to agree or disagree, but the tone with which Zach Hall was treated was not the way you want to treat a president that accomplished so much for the (California Institute for Regenerative Medicine), said Dan Oshiro, vice president of administrative affairs at the Gladstone Institute in San Francisco. The working group meeting was the first Oshiro had attended. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Zach Hall says he made the decision both to undergo treatment for prostate cancer and because of what he called an "exceedingly contentious and occasionally personal tone" of a recent meeting of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. The dispute centered on how quickly the agency should dole out $300 million for laboratory construction. (KRNV.com, NV)
They all applied for and obtained training grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which was created after voters approved 3 billion for human stem cell research in 2004. One of the institute's first pulses of money funded the training grants. (North County Times)
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which the initiative created to distribute the grant money, said it expects the courts to continue to rule in its favor. We have great confidence in the strength of our legal position, said Dale Carlson, a spokesman for the institute. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
At the time, the university also said it would not require the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to obtain a commercial license or negotiate royalties on products brought to market through its grants. The California group oversees $3 billion in stem cell research funds. (Herald Online, SC -- Health)
D., director for scientific activities at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. "We are all excited by the great potential of stem cells to repair damage and return function," Chiu said. (Science Daily)
A student with low SATs would be far wiser to pursue one of those paths. " Government studies show that the overwhelming majority of jobs, both today and in the future, will require some post-secondary education, but not a four-year degree. Jobs requiring high school and some college currently account for 110 million out of 145 million total jobs in the United States, said Richard Holden, regional commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. By 2014, the "some college" jobs will account for... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
" Public criticisms of scientists by other scientists are rare. But that's part of the price for anyone obtaining a grant from California's new $3 billion stem cell research program. Twenty-nine of the state's most senior biologists were chosen March 22 from 70 applicants seeking large multiyear awards from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the state agency created in 2004 to administer the Proposition 71 effort. A panel of out-of-state experts ranked the proposals in private... (San Francisco Chronicle)
The grants aim to bring new minds to the field, which has grown slowly partly because of a lack of funding and political support, said Zach Hall, president of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine ... 37 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine's $46 million SEED Grant program ... Now I have a rare and unique opportunity, and unlike the NIH, the (California Institute for Regenerative Medicine) believed in the credibility of my proposal because I have a track... (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Unless someone can demonstrate otherwise, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine should resist calls to rescind or freeze the $2 ... Before any funds are distributed, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine says it will perform a final check on all grantees to make sure they meet administrative and ethical standards. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
According to CIRM spokesperson Dale A. Carlson, the grantees have so far been evaluated purely on scientific merit, and CIRM won't distribute any money until staff members complete an administrative review of each application to verify the details of their affiliations, budgets, and medical and ethical standards ... This month, CIRM announced the winners of 29 comprehensive research grants worth $74 ... The two agencies criticizing CIRM's decision, (CGS) and the (FTCR), support embryonic stem... (The Scientist)
" A spokesman for the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine said any questions about the conduct or credentials of researchers will be investigated as a matter of course during a pending administrative review. Dale Carlson, communications director for the agency, said neither of the two nonprofit groups "understands how the review process works. " He said the researchers were judged on scientific merit of their proposals, which in the CHA case was deemed to be "nicely developed" but in... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Grants are approved by the 29-member Independent Citizens Oversight Committee (ICOC), governing board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). In the first round of funding, SDCRM received $13. (University of California Newswire, CA)
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine will provide $3 billion in research grants over the next 10 years. When the program was held up by litigation, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger loaned his own personal funds to get it passed. (Daily Orange, NY)
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine was established in 2004 after voters approved Proposition 71 to provide $3 billion in 10 years for stem cell research. "Now we need to move the science of stem cells to advancing medicine and medical science for the eventual benefit of patients," said Dr. Irving Weissman, director of the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Robert N. Klein, chairman of the ICOC (Independent Citizens Oversight Committee) which governs the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), said "As of today, California is the largest and most stable source of funding for human embryonic stem cell research in the world. The scientific projects proposed for our third set of grants are very strong, and it's clear that there is an abundance of scientific opportunities for the state's investments. We are off to an extraordinary start... (Medical News Today)
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