{"id":1063390,"date":"2012-12-09T07:51:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-09T07:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.longevitymedicine.tv\/80-million-in-grants-money-for-viacyte-and-blue-ribbon-report-on-california-stem-cell-agency\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T20:29:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T00:29:12","slug":"80-million-in-grants-money-for-viacyte-and-blue-ribbon-report-on-california-stem-cell-agency-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/stem-cell-therapy\/80-million-in-grants-money-for-viacyte-and-blue-ribbon-report-on-california-stem-cell-agency-2.php","title":{"rendered":"$80 Million in Grants, Money for Viacyte and Blue-Ribbon Report on California Stem Cell Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Directors of the California stem cell
agency are expected to give away $80 million next week to 20
fortunate researchers in addition to exploring a “commercialization
and industry engagement plan.”<\/p>

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The subjects are on tap for the Dec. 12 meeting<\/a> in Los Angeles of the governing board of the $3 billion
research effort.<\/div>
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The $80 million grant round is aimed at
“career development of physician scientists working in
translational stem cell research.”<\/div>
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The RFA said<\/a><\/div>

“This award will fund promising
physician scientists in the critical early stages of their careers as
independent investigators and faculty members establishing their own
laboratories and programs.” <\/p><\/blockquote>

Summaries of the grant reviewers
comments and application scores should be available sometime this
week. The bare-bones agenda lacked elaboration on the
commercialization plan.<\/div>
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Directors are additionally scheduled to
hear a presentation on the blue-ribbon report by the Institute of
Medicine<\/b> for which the agency is paying $700,000. The report has been
17 months in the making and is scheduled to be released this
Thursday.<\/div>
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Other interesting matters are on the
table, although the agency has yet to produce background material
laying out any details. The subjects include:<\/div>
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