Appeals in $243 Million Stem Cell Round Climb to a Record 11

A Stanford researcher is seeking to overturn reviewer rejection of his application for $20 million in the California stem cell agency's largest ever research round and bringing to a record 11 the number of appeals in the round.

The previous record number of appeals in a round was nine in 2010. In the current $243 million disease team round, 11 of 15 appl…