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Nature 431, 888 (21 October 2004) | doi:10.1038/431888a; Published online 20 October 2004

Schwarzenegger endorses stem-cell push

Jonathan Knight

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Arnie backs measure to fund stem-cell research in California.

After months of silence, California's Republican governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, lent his backing on Monday to the state's ballot initiative to fund embryonic stem-cell research. Supporters of the plan, on which Californians will vote in two weeks, had become increasingly optimistic that it would pass following a string of endorsements from newspapers and public figures, as well as a continuing lead in the polls.