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N.J. Stem Cell Plan Assailed AP via Yahoo! Finance Tue, 18 Sep 2007 1:46 PM PDT Anti-abortion activists on Tuesday asked a judge to halt plans allowing the state to ask voters to approve borrowing $450 million to fund stem cell research for 10 years. Groups sue to keep stem cell measure off November ballot The Star-Ledger Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:11 PM PDT Claiming that a proposal to borrow $450 million for stem cell research could open the door to human cloning and higher property taxes, a team of right-to-life groups sued the state yesterday to keep the proposal off November's ballot. State gets $45 million in requests for stem cell research funding Boston Globe Tue, 18 Sep 2007 5:24 PM PDT Connecticut's stem cell research program is drawing a flurry of interest in its second year, with universities and small firms lining up for the $10 million that is available in the latest round of funding. Sexual function affected by stem cell transplant according to long-term study EurekAlert! Tue, 18 Sep 2007 1:43 PM PDT WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2007 -- A long-term study found that a type of stem cell transplant used for patients with life-threatening diseases, such as leukemia and lymphoma, results in decreased sexual function and activity for recipients. Sexual Function Affected By Stem Cell Transplant According To Long-term Study Science Daily Tue, 18 Sep 2007 3:08 PM PDT A long-term study found that a type of stem cell transplant used for patients with life-threatening diseases results in decreased sexual function and activity for recipients. Further, males are likely to recover from these changes over time, while the sexuality of female patients remains compromised. In addition, neither male nor female long-term cancer survivors regained levels of sexual ... Lawsuit opposing state's stem-cell question filed Asbury Park Press Tue, 18 Sep 2007 1:53 PM PDT TRENTON -- A week before New Jersey's ballots are to be printed, a conservative group filed a lawsuit today seeking a restraining order over a statewide public question that seeks approval to borrow $450 million for stem-cell research. The suit, filed by the Morristown-based Legal Center for Defense of Life, says the wording of the bond question does not specify that embryonic stem cell research ... Lawsuit opposing state's stem-cell question filed Home News Tribune Tue, 18 Sep 2007 5:37 PM PDT TRENTON -- A week before New Jersey's ballots are to be printed, a conservative group filed a lawsuit today seeking a restraining order over a statewide public question that seeks approval to borrow $450 million for stem-cell research. Stem cell use is blood bank's gain The Record Tue, 18 Sep 2007 7:37 PM PDT Of the thousands of stem cell transplants performed annually worldwide on cancer patients, just 1 to 2 percent use samples taken from umbilical cord blood and placentas donated by the mothers of newborns. State gets $45 million in requests for stem cell research funding Stamford Advocate Tue, 18 Sep 2007 3:13 PM PDT Experts who oversee Connecticut's stem cell research program say they have received nearly $45 million in requests for the latest round of funding. NJ RIGHT TO LIFE SUES TO REMOVE STEM CELL BONDING FROM BALLOT WBGO-FM Newark Tue, 18 Sep 2007 3:04 PM PDT (TRENTON) - New Jersey Right to Life is trying to remove this year's stem-cell research bond question from the November ballot. The group charges that the question posed to voters is misleading.

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