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California's groundbreaking stem cell agency yesterday announced its first grants to train a new generation of scientists in a potentially promising area of research that has been restricted by the federal government.
Universities and research institutions throughout the state, including four in San Diego, received grants to help develop the "intellectual" infrastructure to launch an aggressive program for seeking cures and treatments using human embryonic stem cells.
There's only one problem: The agency doesn't yet have the money to fund the $39.7 million in grants it awarded to train about 170 researchers over the next three years.
Two lawsuits have delayed the $3 billion in bond funds approved by voters in November when they passed Proposition 71.
But Robert Klein, the chairman of the Independent Citizens' Oversight Committee, which oversees the stem cell agency, said he hopes to secure first-year grant funding of $12.5 million by October.
Under Klein's plan, officials from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which was set up by Proposition 71, will seek money from philanthropic and nonprofit groups that fund research.
The money would come...
Universities and research institutions throughout the state, including four in San Diego, received grants to help develop the "intellectual" infrastructure to launch an aggressive program for seeking cures and treatments using human embryonic stem cells.
There's only one problem: The agency doesn't yet have the money to fund the $39.7 million in grants it awarded to train about 170 researchers over the next three years.
Two lawsuits have delayed the $3 billion in bond funds approved by voters in November when they passed Proposition 71.
But Robert Klein, the chairman of the Independent Citizens' Oversight Committee, which oversees the stem cell agency, said he hopes to secure first-year grant funding of $12.5 million by October.
Under Klein's plan, officials from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which was set up by Proposition 71, will seek money from philanthropic and nonprofit groups that fund research.
The money would come...