Funding for Stem Cell Research in New York?

Things are moving so slowly in California that New York may well find a way to put a billion into stem cell related research before the Californians get out of court. Or not. The Times-Union reports on the battle of the titans in New York over what should be funded and in what way. One option would put $300 million into stem cell research, the other - in some ways more interesting - would invest $800 million in biomedical research more generally, creating a kind of NIH for New York.