A liquid nitrogen bank containing stem cells.(Photo: Alena Pavlovich, via Shutterstock) The $3 billion California stem cell agency on Monday served up the bad news with only a smattering of sugar coating. No more applications for research funding are being accepted. The cash is running out, perhaps as early as the end of August.
A stem cell researcher with microscope and digital tablet. (Photo: moreimages, via Shutterstock)The $3 billion California stem cell agency, which is running out of cash, has served notice that it would stop accepting applications for more research awards beginning next month. The low key announcement on Thursday is another step towards the looming demise of the 14-year-old agency, created by voters in November 2004.
A derelict vessel in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. (Photo: Mitch Goode)They lie washed up on the side of levees, they sit silently moored in the quiet sloughs of the vast Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, sometimes drifting aimlessly down the middle of the waterways. There are hundreds of these abandoned recreational watercraft and commercial vessels in the Delta; some of them have been slowly wasting away for 60 years or more. Many pose a danger to navigation and the environment.
A Liquid Nitrogen bank containing a suspension of stem cells. (Photo: Elena Pavlovich)The California stem cell agency this week approved nearly $33 million for clinical stage research projects testing treatments for type 1 diabetes, arthritis of the knee, ALS and an immunodeficiency affliction.