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Science 24 December 2004:
Vol. 306. no. 5705, p. 2173
DOI: 10.1126/science.306.5705.2173d
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The wealthy California real estate financier behind the $3 billion state stem cell initiative has been appointed chairman of the board that will administer the state's bold new research program.

Robert Klein II, who has a diabetic son, is a great choice, says stem cell researcher Evan Snyder of the Burnham Institute in La Jolla. "He's an enormously efficient organizer [and] knows the ins and outs of stem cell research," he says.

The panel met for 2 days this month at the west-coast offices of the National Academy of Sciences to begin sketching out the research institute created by the passage of Proposition 71. The panel plans four community forums next month.

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