Building a New Team in California to Spend $5.5 Billion on Stem Cell Research, Gene Therapy, Affordability and More

California’s $12 billion stem cell program is bringing in some of the old and some of the new as it moves with dispatch to beef up its team for a fresh decade of hunting for cures for intractable diseases.

So far this year, the stem cell agency has hired 10 persons to fill positions ranging from legal and administration to grant review and finance. And t…