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Real message from the LA Times: no change at CIRM will ever be good enough for us

January 30, 2013 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 4 Comments

The LA Times has an opinion piece out today by Michael Hiltzik criticizing CIRM. It’s deja vu all over again. The LA Times has shown itself to be very biased against CIRM over the years. Hiltzik specifically has been very hostile to the stem cell agency. I see their coverage of CIRM as unbalanced, never focusing …

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“Solomonic” CIRM Proposal: Institutional Board Members Would not Vote on Grants

January 23, 2013 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

I just received a copy of CIRM’s proposed response to the IOM recommendations. Regarding what I believe to be the most important element, revamping the CIRM Board (aka ICOC), I was interested to see that CIRM (via President Jonathan Thomas) recommended that all institutional members of the Board no longer vote on whether to fund …

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