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Stem cell agency eyes ballot perils
A liquid nitrogen bank containing stem cells.(Photo: Alena Pavlovich, via Shutterstock) The 29 directors of the California stem cell agency are hearing a warning this week that certain types of their possible activities on behalf of a proposed $5.5 billion ballot initiative could lead to a criminal investigation by state or local law enforcement agencies. While that would seem to be an unlikely event, it has caught up another California public enterprise (the Bay Area Rapid Transit District).