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California institute woos NIH stem-cell chief

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James Battey is in the frame for president's job.

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) is courting the top stem-cell official at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) to take over as its president.James Battey, who since 2002 has coordinated stem-cell research at the NIH as chair of its Stem Cell Task Force, was approached by a member of the CIRM's governing committee in December after its current president, Zach Hall, announced his resignation (see Nature 444, 803; 2006).