California Stem Cell Report

The governing board of the California stem cell agency adjourned at 9:56 p.m. PDT today and will reconvene tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. PDT. The California Stem Cell Report will provide coverage of the daylong meeting then. No further items are expecte...

Following a second impassioned pitch by its former chairman, Robert Klein, the governing board of the California stem cell agency approved a $20 million award to a financially strapped biotech firm, StemCells, Inc., of Newark, Ca. Approval came on a...

The governing board of the California stem cell agency is meeting in executive session to consider proprietary information on an appeal by StemCells, Inc., following a second public pitch by the agency's former chairman, Robert Klein, on behalf of th...

Directors of the California stem cell agency this evening rejected an application for a $20 million research grant to a team at the University of the Southern California.  The team, led by Roberta Diaz Brinton, filed an appeal last month in the...

Directors of the California stem cell agency today approved a $6 million research grant for Stanley F. Nelson and M. Carrie Miceli  of UCLA, who appealed a negative decision  by grant reviewers on its earlier $20 mi...

Directors of the California stem cell agency this evening approved a $17.3 million grant to Henry Klassen of UC Irvine following a re-review of the application in the agency's disease team round. The action came with no debate.

Directors of the California stem cell agency this evening approved an award of up to $20 million to Capricor, Inc., of Los Angeles, rejecting a negative decision on the application by agency reviewers. Approval of the application came after a...

The CIRM board is beginning the discussion of the appeals on disease team appeals. Thomas is reviewing the procedure for re-reviews of the applications.

CIRM Chairman J.T. Thomas just announced that he is going to try act tonight on most of the items on the agenda. Exceptions will be the basic biology grant, recruitment grant and resolutions, which will be taken up tomorrow. Discussion is now underwa...

CIRM directors are now hearing routine financial and other reports from CIRM staff, including President Alan Trounson. The grant appeals have not yet been taken up.