From Spinal Cord Injury to Heart Disease: Geron, Tom Okarma, CIRM Coming Together -- Sort Of

$3.9 million research award at stake

Nov 22, 2021

∙ Paid

Tom Okarma in 2004 when he backed the ballot initiative that year that created the California stem cell agency — SF Chronicle photo by Kurt Rogers

The man whose former company led the way to win the approval of the world’s first clinical trial involving the use of human embryonic stem cells is now set to fight Tuesday for a $3.9 million award from the Ca…

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