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“Those hospitals in the vanguard, who have organized to provide that kind of coordinated treatment, are able to bring patients in and treat them very quickly, ... But more hospitals and physicians and patients are not organized in that way.”
Zach Hall
“We have a long way to go and a lot of work to do.”
“This is really a historic and important occasion for us.”
“This program will be the most comprehensive and broadest program for stem cell research training in the country and I assume in the world,”
“It's a way of being sure we are ready to move when the money comes in and get our program under way immediately,”
“We won't be spending the kind of money we would if we could (sell) bonds. But we are going to use this year to prepare as thoroughly as possible for when that bond money does become available.”
“We want to hit the ground running once the money comes in. Rather than sending out a slow and gradual stream of funding, the plan now is to let a torrent of funding flow like waters set free from a sluice gate.”
“Scientists. What will not stop this from happening is government oversight.”
“It's almost equivalent to doing nothing.”
“This is an exciting moment for the CIRM as these awards mark the first step in our scientific program of stem cell research--an accomplishment we have been able to achieve in less than one year as a state agency. The CIRM training program established today will be the most comprehensive training program to date in the field, ... It will provide a pipeline of highly trained basic and clinical investigators for the research that CIRM will fund in California.”