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Published online 17 May 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070514-16
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California stem-cell programme clears legal hurdle
Supreme Court refuses appeal to block human stem-cell research.
California's human stem-cell programme is now free of legal challenges, clearing the way for $3 billion in funding to flow towards researchers.
The California Supreme Court on 16 May refused to consider an appeal from a group of anti-abortion and tax-reduction advocates, who had sued to block a programme for stem-cell research approved by state voters in 2004.
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