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A Korean Lesson: 'Money Breeds Corruption'

California Stem Cell Director Stresses Speed

CIRM Scientific Conference Expenses Disclosed

Why Do Scientists Cheat?

Christmas Comes Early for Sen. Ortiz

California Stem Cell Leaders Speak to Korean Scandal

Korean Markets Warn Off Shy Stem Cell Investors

Korean News Fuels Fire Against CIRM

Bioethics Blog Weighs Hwang Damage

The Half Empty Implications of the Hwang Affair

Coming Up

Korean Mess Bad News for Funding of California Stem Cell Agency

Does the Korea-Egg Affair Give California More Stem Cell Clout?

Korea Herald: Hwang Faked Stem Cell Research

Should Women Be Allowed to Sell Their Eggs?

The Painful and Rocky California Stem Cell Experience

Searching for Stem Cell News in All The Wrong Places

Zach Hall Critiques Sacramento Bee Editorial

NY Times Looks at Beleaguered CIRM

Spending on Litigation Seems to Please Stem Cell Foes

Klein Discusses Korea Trip and Other Matters

Depositions Could Be Illuminating

U. of Pittsburgh and the Schatten/Hwang Affair

Tiny Turnout at Stem Cell Agency Meetings

Reviewing Today's Coverage of the Stem Cell Agency

Coming Up

Foxes, Chickens and Stem Cells

Stem Cell Trial Date Set, Legal Coffers Replenished

IP Proposals Not Likely to Satisfy

Tight Budget, Hiring Freeze for CIRM

CIRM Contracts Hit $1.8 Million

The Voices of the Stem Cell Barristers

Another Year for Legal Squabbling

Conflicts and Records Targeted by CIRM Foes

Judge Sets High Hurdle for Stem Cell Foes

Text of Klein Statement

Hwang Denies Patent Demand Report

CIRM Survives Initial Court Test

A Sad Tale of Stem Cell Conflicts?

Eggs and Ethics: CIRM's Proposed Rules

The Korean Lesson: More Sunshine Needed in California

Wandering The Seas

Chopped Mitochondria?

Klein Speaks at Stanford Conference

Klein Says He Knew about Federal Tax Problem Prior to Election

Klein's Silence Ill Serves Stem Cell Agency

Penhoet on IP and Stem Cells

Ability to Deal Calmly Wanted

Looking for Stem Cell Research Money?

Unanswered Questions about Stem Cell Research and IP

Stem Cell Training Grant Program Stalls

New Water Fountains for Stem Cell Science

More Reporting from Monday's IP Hearing

Whoops! Monday's IP Hearing Generates a Story

Among The Missing

New Report: Too Soon To Tell About CIRM?

No IP Debate in South Korea?

Ortiz: CCST IP Report Tilted by Insiders

Text of Sen. Ortiz IP Remarks

FTCR: Affordable Therapy, Strong Public Oversight, Diverse Research

Text of FTCR IP Press Release

Coming Up

Sharing the Stem Cell Wealth (Assuming There Is Some)

The $700 Million Piffle

Text of Legislative Staff Report on IP Issues and Prop. 71

Coming Up

Stem Cell IP Slated for More Critical Look

Agenda for IP Hearing Monday

Judge Nixes Stem Cell Lawsuit

Chronicle: Klein Failed to Disclose Royalty Problem with Prop. 71

Chronicle Primer on Stem Royalty Issue

Proposal for a California Stem Cell Venture Fund

"Big-headed?" -- Stem Cell Perspective from South Korea

"The Right to Be Cured, Quickly"

Will California Produce Biology's Holy Grail?

California Stem Cell Calendar

Web Mystery

California and the South Korean Stem Cell Network

Soothing Anxieties in the Stem Cell Sector

The Higher the Risk, the Higher the Reward?

Correction

Correction

CIRM Lawsuit Filings Available

Who Gets the Money?

Stem Cell Showdown in Apricot City

Stem Cell Legislation to Rise Again

Low Hanging Fruit vs. Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Villains, Big Pharma and Stem Cell Research

The Bee: Stem Cell Conference Wise, But CIRM Leaders Still Bogus on Disclosure

“Everything” Targeted in Stem Cell Research

Want a Stem Cell Grant? Here Are Some Clues, Sort Of

Otis Aims at Stem Cell Report; Governor Nixes SB18

Stem Cell Science: Glue Your Ears to the Internet

CIRM Stalls Again on Mystery Costs

Mystery Spending at CIRM's Scientific Conference

Too Much Inside-The-Box Thinking From CIRM

Where's The Money?

Bustamante Names New Stem Cell Overseer

Reviewers Unaware of Funding Shortfall?

Stem Cell Discussions on Saturday

CIRM System: Convoluted and Opaque?

More Favorable PR Stems From Training Grants

Freezing Out the Conflict

Serrano Sewell Demures on Stem Cell Report Item

Greenlining Enters Fray with Emphasis on Minorities

Peddling the Name of the Stem Cell Scholar Program

California Stem Cell Calendar

Coverage is Right Medicine for Stem Cell Agency

Coming Up

CIRM Hands Out $39 Million (sort of), Picks Almost New President

Text of Halpern Letter

Telling Drama Promised at Big Tomato Meeting

Bowdlerization and Sleazy Speculation

Coming Up

Dressing Up The Dog

No Money for Training Grants

Time for a Little More Explanation

Identifying (sort of) Winners and Losers in the First Stem Cell Grants

Columnist says CCST Royalty Position OK

Inside the Stem Cell Agency's Spending Plans

The Bee: Golden State Deserves More from Stem Cell Research

Klein Twits The Sacramento Bee

The California Stem Cell Gorilla

Lean Coverage of Big Bucks Issue

Who Benefits from Stem Cell IP?

Readers Write

Stem Cell IP Report Negative on Royalty Sharing, Favorable Pricing

Snippets from the CCST Report

Text of Ortiz Comments

IP Report Released for California Stem Cell Agency

Young Klein: "I'm going to stay away from government work."

New Service Added to the Report

Monitoring Money at CIRM

Sacramento Stem Cell Conference Requires Disclosure

The Bee: Nonprofit Control of CIRM?

"Secret" Stem Cell Info Disclosed by Stanford

Edelman Earmarks on CIRM Press Notices

WSJ: Scandals in Medical Research

Secrecy and the Public's Money

Baybio Stem Cell Show and Tell

More on New CIRM Staffers

Dog Days for US Stem Cell Science?

Latest on CIRM Presidential Search

CIRM Launches Major Stem Cell Conference

Political Conflagrations and the Biotech Boom

Stem Cell Star Rebuffs the Golden State

The Boodle, The Barristers and a Glass Half-Full

Dogged Coverage and the MIAs

"Totally Baseless" Redux

The Retroactive $378,000 Edelman PR Contract

Talent, Mumbo-Jumbo and $536,000 Salaries

Totally Baseless Speculation

Lomax to Sambrano to Sanchez

Looking for a New CEO

At Sea Again: Intermittent Postings Likely

Setting The Record Straight: Less Than Bleak Climate

Roger's Reality Check: Polarization, Backlashes and Mistakes

Following the Stem Cell Money Trail

The Bee: Fire Edelman

Greed, fear and stem cells

The $30,000-a-month PR contract: What's it Worth?

Stem Cells and Behind the Scenes Decision Making

Coming Up

Correction

Transparency and Stem Cell "Hooey"

Notes From Nature: Predicting Stem Cell Winners

Transparency, Money and Management

The Price of Eggs

Coming Up

Correction

CIRM's Million Dollar Outside Contracts

Intermittent Reports: Wandering the Sea of Cortez

Rebel Stem Cell Directors Not Happy with Klein

Gurgling as Money and Brains Drain to the West

Stronger CIRM Standards Attract Little Notice

New Jersey Lessons for California

California "Gold Rush" Discussions at Stem Cell Conferences

No Nasty Fall Election on Stem Cell Agency

Correction on Pomeroy Position

Murky Money Matters, Disgruntled Directors

Upcoming: More on the Stem Cell Agency's Budget

Stem Cell Stakeholders Need the Financial Skinny

Bustamante Opposes SCA13

World Map Link Repaired

More on Reality: Summoning Up the Troops

Check Out World Stem Cell Map

Reality Check on a "Recipe for Trouble"

Special Insights vs. Possible Special Interests

A Retrospective on Prop. 71 in Houston

Effort to Shunt SCA13 Fails

The Bee: State Bond Counsel Says No SCA13 Problem

Chron Makes Stem Cell News Easier to Find

Public Posturing, the "Trust Us" Position and Industry Ties

SCA13: Ortiz Statement

SCA13: Ortiz' Summary

SCA13: Current and Planned Amendments

Cash Rolls In, Contracts Roll Out

CIRM Battling on Wrong Turf

Is CIRM Truly Transparent?

Ortiz To Address CIRM Monday Morning

The Bridge Loan Plan: A Few More Details

Competition for Creation of a Stem Cell Cadre

How to Criticize This Blog and Other Matters

SCA13 Delayed, SB18 Advances to Assembly

More Job Openings at CIRM

Patient Group Members Mobilize Against SCA13

Californians Need Information Not Ballyhoo

The Blasto-Sisyphean Stem Cell Exercise

Stem Cell Dress of The Day: Thick Skin

The Bee: No Compromise on Ballot Measure

Klein: Haste Poses Peril to Agency

Not For Everybody: Details of CIRM's Analysis of SCA13

Text of CIRM Analysis of SCA13

SCA13 Wins Approval

Klein, Ortiz Agree on SCA 13 Changes, But Differences Remain

SCA 13: A Yeah and a Compromise

Dodging the Two-Thirds Bullet

Stem Cell Agency Lambastes Ortiz

Correction

"Can't Get The Money Out"

Political Interference, Venture Capitalists and a Personal Plea

The Bee Roasts Robert Klein as "Rogue Operator"

Preciado Resigns from Stem Cell Agency

Stem Cell Snippets: Solace and Legislation

Stem Cell Ballot Measure Moves Ahead

Push for Ballot Review of Stem Cell Agency

Robert Klein, Rube Mayors and Arrogrance

The Worst of Beasts or The Best of Beasts?

Battey To Stay at NIH

Battey Withdraws

More on CIRM Presidential Candidates

California Stem Cell Legislation Amended

The Small World of Stem Cells

A Clubhouse For Cash

The Bridge to Three Billion Dollars

State Legislative Hearing May 16 on Stem Cell Measure

Rich and Rounded....That's the Way It Is

Readers Write

Behind the Stem Cell Scene

The "Murkier" $100 Million Workaround

HQ: The Final Dissection(Maybe)

Flash!!! San Francisco Wins

Looking for a $100 Million Helping Hand

The (Almost) Final HQ Media Morsels

Looking at the Stem Cell Players

Just Say No to $200 Million

Text of the Halpern Letter

The $10,000-a-Month Stem Cell Lobbyist

"Nothing If Not Political"

Where's The Money?

Poor Policy, Poor Management

Flogging Not Yet Finished

Who's on Second: Sacramento and San Diego

Surprise: San Francisco Gets the Nod

Managing Stem Cell Expectations

Penhoet, Selling and Management

The Bee: Sad Situation At CIRM

“Pants Off” in Sacramento

HQ Countdown: Tittering and Cheesiness

Not Even Bread, Only Water

Is the River City Bid Underwater?

Erratic Fallout

Venturing into the Stem Cell Business

Will the New Stem Cell CEO Be a Surfer?

Say Hello to Edelman

The Edelman Blog and Government PR

Ho-Hum. Stem Cell Measures Approved

The Stem Cell Agency Just Says No

Coming Up

Looking for Analysis in the Right Places

Ortiz Drops Superovulation Moratorium

Stem Cell Snippets: Dudes to Brownback

Will California Vote Again on Stem Cell Research?

Added Link on HQ Story

The Devil and Decisions

International Stem Cell Soiree

Finalists for the HQ

Big Money Moving In

The Yuck Factor

Inside Robert Klein

The Conundrums of Conflicts

Moving Forward

The Tin Ear of the Private Sector

Light Coverage of Thursday's Meeting

Critics: Conflict Code Not Up to Snuff

A Tale of Two Codes

Chiu Named Science Director

More Information, More Complaints

Fumbling the CEO Search

Difficult Questions: Eggs to FDA

$4,000 Donors

Ortiz Heaing on April 20

Consider This

Correction

Here Comes $3 Billion

Super Ovulation and Ortiz

Citizen-bioethicists and Stem Cells

Business, Politics, Stem Cells and Steve Westly

Next Step in Lawsuits

The Fallacy of the Will of the People

Lee-Halpern Petition Rejected by Klein

Blogosphere Simmers with Stem Cell Commentary

Two Critical Views of the Stem Cell Agency

Correction

Lusting for the Stem Cell HQ

A Litany of Losses

Coming Up Friday

"Welcoming" and News Coverage

Odd Couple Tightens Oversight Efforts.

The Lowering of Expectations

Roiling Undercurrents on Klein

Robert Klein: The Missing Man

California Stem Cell 101 -- Must Reading

Background From Legislative Hearing

Thorny Super-ovulation Question

Small Profit in Stiffing Lawmakers

Stem Cell Agency Rebuts Critics in Capitol

Complete Texts for Legislative Hearing into Stem Cell Agency

Zach Hall Remarks

Genetics and Society Media Advisory

Francke Statement

Ortiz Media Advisory

Greenlining Statement

Semi-Complete Coverage Coming Up on Ortiz Hearing

More Egg Regulation Sought

Not Everyone Buying...

New Frontiers: Stem Cells and the Web

Readers Write

Need Work?

Fiber Optics and 300 Square Foot Offices

Readers Write

Is $389,000 Too Much for "John the Baptist?"

More Openness Effort

High Risk or Low Risk

Questions for the Landlord

What is an Audit?

Ethics: From Compensation to Informed Consent

The Chairman on Criticism

Restrictions Eased in HQ RFP

Permanent CIRM CEO in June?

Working Groups Akin to Legislative Committees

Whittling away at Good Will

More Legislative Pressure on CIRM

Rallying on the Right

Illegal and Unconstitutional?

Correction on Bad Links

Hearing the Drumbeat

Mighty Full Plate Next Tuesday

The $200 Million Catbird Seat

Preying on Desperation

Corrective Measures

Bee and Chron alone?

Ten Thousand Emerging Realities

Overcoming Short-term Thinking

More Meetings

A Few “Clicks” for CIRMers

Web-casting for CIRM Proceedings?

Correction

HQ RFP by End of Month

Hearing Changed to March 9

Bedtime Reading Posted at CIRM

Whither Melissa?

The Washington Post Strikes

About $90 million in First Round Grants

Facilities Meeting on Feb. 22

Finding a Focus

Just Call Him Scoop

Tough CIRM Application Disappears

Reaction to Chiron-Wareham Link Piece

CIRM Web Site Developments

Legislative hearings scheduled for March 2

The Bee Stings CIRM

CIRM Landlord Says It Linked to Chiron

Coming Up

Readers Write

Cannonade Leveled at CIRM

CIRM Sayings: Cowboys and Hell to Pay

Prop. 71 Campaign Spends nearly $35 million

Hiring and Appearances, Integrity and Bags of Swag

Temp Wanted

Basic Information Misssing

New Links Added

Plot Afoot in San Diego

The Readers Write

New Legislative Subcommittee For CIRM

Rich Guys Redux

Near-term Commercialism

CIRM's New HQ? The CEO reality

Solitary Update on Presidential Search

The Readers Write

LA Times to CIRM Cynics: Stand Aside!

CIRM Presidential Speculation

The Senator's Hammer

Policy Entrepreneuers Whacked

Four Miss Filing Deadline

CIRM Shows Us The Money

More on CIRM Web Site

A Missed Deadline: What Does It Mean?

Klein Profile, Congress Thwarting?

Meeting, Meetings, Meetings, But More is Needed

Good Enough for the Golden State?

CIRM Waits on National Research Standards

The players on the oversight committee

The story of Florencio

From Our Readers

CIRM Bared ... Sort Of

"Biopigs" to Blackberries: Scoring in the Minus Column