The California Stem Cell Report

A California Stem Cell Flashback: Finding a Place to Call a Headquarters

2005 Beauty Contest for CIRM HQ

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Mar 06, 2021
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CIRM board meeting room at its current Oakland HQ prior to beginning of a meeting in 2019. San Francisco Bay can be seen from the windows. Photo California Stem Cell Report

Editor’s note: Sixteen years ago California’s stem cell program was basically homeless. It had barely come into being. It had no way to pay its bills or even employees. The following …

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