Election 2020: Prop. 14 would boost funding on stem-cell research
By Ron Leuty,
San Francisco Business Times
| 10. 09. 2020
It would dedicate $1.5 billion of its total to research and therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, stroke, epilepsy and other brain and central nervous system conditions.
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