Proposition 71 created the California stem cell program, formally titled the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). CIRM is funded by $3 billion dollars’ worth of public use bonds, which are sold at a time frame approved by the state treasurer, to fund stem cell research for a period of no less than ten years.
There are three types of stem cells: adult stem cells, embryonic (or pluripotent) stem cells, and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Adult/Tissue Stem Cells Adult stem cells, or “tissue stem cells,” can come from different parts of the adult body. They are specific to a certain kind of tissue in the body: for instance, liver
What Are Stem Cells and Why Are They So Important? Stem cells are the builders and the repairmen of the world’s most complex construction project: the creation of a human body! Thanks to the seven million California voters who voted Yes on Proposition 71, California’s $3 billion stem cell initiative, California’s scientists are already making
