(Photo: The exhibition hall at the annual meeting of the Biotech Industry Organization at the San Diego Convention Center. Kenny Goldberg/KPBS )
The world's largest meeting of the biotech industry is taking place at the San Diego Convention Center this week. And stem cell research is one of the hot topics. KPBS Reporter Kenny Goldberg has the story.
California has the nation's largest state-supported stem cell research program. San Diego is trying to play a big part in that effort. UCSD and three local research institutes have formed the San Diego Consortium for Regenerative Medicine . The state recently awarded the group $43-million to build a new facility. Larry Goldstein directs UCSD's stem cell program.
Goldstein: It's going to be a wonderful path forward I think for San Diego. It'll be the first time we've had a building and a program that is not only interdisciplinary but also inter-institutional.
Eleven other institutions around California have also received state funds to build stem cell research facilities.
Kenny Goldberg, KPBS News.
