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Article: New Jersey Institute a Gain for Stem-Cell Research.
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- May 13, 2004
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By Lindy Washburn, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
May 13--New Jersey entered the race for star scientists in the fast-growing field of stem-cell research on Wednesday, when Governor McGreevey officially created the Stem Cell Research Institute of New Jersey and committed $6.5 million to it.
The money will allow the state to start recruiting top talent in an area of medicine whose potential for curing disease prompts even the most seasoned scientists to use words like "miraculous."
"Scientists are saying things we would have been embarrassed to say just a few years ago," said Dr. Darwin J. Prockop, director ...