The Votes Are In!
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View Winners → Science Oct 12, 2020
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Sixteen years ago, voters were promised that $3 billion of bonds for embryonic stem-cell research would deliver cures for diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and heart disease. Instead, we’ve gotten cures or potential treatments for a very different and unexpected set of afflictions, such as a deadly immune disorder, spinal cord injury, a type of cancer and a form of blindness. The moral of the story — as Californians decide whether to continue support by approving Proposition 14’s nearly doub. . .