$18 Million Cedars Sinai ALS Proposal Headed for Approval

The California stem cell agency today
cleared the way for approval of an $18 million grant to develop a new
cell-based therapy for treatment of ALS.

The agency's governing board moved the
application into a category that is expected to approved later today.

The action came on an appeal by
researcher Clive Svendsen of Cedars Sinai. Also supporting the
application were a number of persons with ALS.

Source:
http://californiastemcellreport.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

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