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Embryonic stem cells _ cells from a developing fetus which have the potential to differentiate and specialize into any of the tissues or organs in the body _ were a lightning rod in the 2004 elections, backed by such Alzheimer_s advocates as the Reagan family and resisted by President George W. Bush, who objected to research that involves human embryos. So Proposition 71 was regarded as a triumph of medical research over ideology, and established a new California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to oversee the distribution of the research money for worthy projects.
But now, as two lawsuits directly challenge the constitutionality of Proposition 71 before the California Supreme...