For Cutting-Edge Stem Cell Work, California Billions Still Unmatched
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
California’s stem cell agency still has nearly two billion dollars to grant. But with recent stem cell breakthroughs slow to translate, will venture backers and drug firms help build the ecosystem California citizens imagined in 2004 when they voted to make the state a beacon for the science?
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