California Effort to Score Big with Stem Cell and Gene Therapy Research Hits Rough Patch with Some Researchers

Public airing of complaints scheduled for tomorrow online and in-person; unhappy scientists now total 16

BURLINGAME, CA. -- Complaints about lack of scientific merit, bias and more have been leveled by at least 16 scientists in advance of tomorrow’s meeting of the governing board of the $12 billion California stem cell and genetic research program.

The researchers are challenging the new priorities and preferences of the California Institute for Regenerativ…