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'Born in Hype:' The California Experiment and Stem Cell Research

'Born in Hype:' The California Experiment and Stem Cell Research

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Apr 02, 2015
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A California newspaper with a daily readership of 1.5 million this week thrashed the field of stem cell science, declaring that it “is slathered with so much money that immoderate predictions of success are common.”

“Infected with hype” is the way the headline put it on the March 31 piece in the Los Angeles Times. The paper has the largest circulation in…

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