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Nature 446, 238-239 (15 March 2007) | doi:10.1038/446238a; Published online 14 March 2007

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California's stem-cell initiative has finally handed out its first research grants. But will all the money actually move the field forward? Erika Check reports.

Gregory Kovacs has had no shortage of stimulating work. An engineer at Stanford University who makes biosensors, Kovacs serves as a regular adviser to the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.