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Stem Cells, Long Odds and the 'Invisible Hand of Hype'

Stem Cells, Long Odds and the 'Invisible Hand of Hype'

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Jun 23, 2016
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The headline on the California story pretty much told it all: "Stem Cells: Where Science, Hope and Hype Meet."

It could have added that it is also a meeting place for Big Pharma, Big Academia and Big Politics.

All of those yeasty ingredients are embodied in the $3 billion California stem cell agency, which is plugging away at developing a therapy promised…

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