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California's $25 Million Loan to Geron: Approval Came Only After Major Departure from Longstanding Procedures

California's $25 Million Loan to Geron: Approval Came Only After Major Departure from Longstanding Procedures

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Aug 16, 2011
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California's $25 Million Loan to Geron: Approval Came Only After Major Departure from Longstanding Procedures
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The state of California chalked up a historic first last May when its stem cell research agency approved a $25 million loan to a corporation engaged in another first – a clinical trial for a treatment created from human embryonic stem cells.

It was the first time that the state has funded a clinical trial -- one watched by untold numbers of persons glob…

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