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