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Stem-cell issue is OK on ballot, N.J. court rules The Philadelphia Inquirer Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:04 PM PDT TRENTON - Abortion foes yesterday lost another bid to stop New Jersey voters from deciding whether to borrow $450 million for stem-cell research. Bond for stem cell research leads four questions on ballot The Star-Ledger Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:02 PM PDT Up until now, the promise or peril of stem cell research in New Jersey has been debated in courtrooms and in the Statehouse. That changes on Election Day, Nov. 6, when voters will be asked to decide whether the state should borrow $450 million to invest in this emerging field of research. Stem cell foes consider another ballot challenge The Record Sat, 27 Oct 2007 3:02 AM PDT TRENTON -- An antiabortion group may ask the New Jersey Supreme Court to strike or alter a $450 million stem cell referendum question on the Nov. 6 ballot. Appeal over stem-cell question is denied Asbury Park Press Sat, 27 Oct 2007 1:53 AM PDT A group of conservatives trying to stop a bond referendum on stem-cell research lost another legal challenge Friday, when an appellate court agreed with a Superior Court judge who deemed the ballot question "fair, balanced and neutral." Funds approved for stem cell bank The Nashua Telegraph Sat, 27 Oct 2007 4:35 AM PDT BOSTON (AP) -- The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center has approved more than $8 million for the University of Massachusetts Medical School to open an embryonic stem cell bank and associated stem cell registry. ... Prop. 15 bond could benefit stem cell research, foe says Killeen Daily Herald Sat, 27 Oct 2007 1:41 AM PDT AUSTIN – A prominent social conservative is urging Texans to vote against a $3 billion bond proposal for cancer research because she says the money could be used for embryonic stem cell testing. N.J. appeals court clears stem cell vote Daily Journal Sat, 27 Oct 2007 1:11 AM PDT By TOM HESTER Jr. TRENTON -- Abortion foes on Friday lost another bid to stop New Jersey voters from deciding whether to borrow $450 million for stem cell research. Embryonic stem cells could be ballot issue The Grand Rapids Press Sat, 27 Oct 2007 11:28 PM PDT GRAND RAPIDS -- In fertility clinics nationwide, an estimated 500,000 embryos lie in liquid nitrogen limbo and beg a difficult question: Should these tiny cell clumps be used to research cures for everything from cancer to multiple sclerosis to Parkinson's disease? Tiny RNAs Play A Big Role In Controlling Genes Medical News Today Sat, 27 Oct 2007 1:15 PM PDT A study by researchers at the Yale Stem Cell Center for the first time demonstrates that piRNAs, a recently discovered class of tiny RNAs, play an important role in controlling gene function, it was reported in Nature.Haifan Lin, director of the stem cell center and professor of cell biology at Yale School of Medicine, heads the laboratory that originally identified piRNAs. [click link for full ... Perry's Endorsement Of Giuliani Could Open Door For Moderate Candidates KWTX-TV Waco Sat, 27 Oct 2007 8:26 AM PDT (October 27, 2007)—Gov. Rick Perry has been a stalwart of their movement. But he's now endorsed GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, a moderate New Yorker who, unlike Perry, supports abortion rights, embryonic stem cell research and gun control.

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