MEDIA ADVISORY California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Announces Upcoming Sub-Committee Meeting of the Independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Site Search Sub-Committee of the Independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee (“ICOC”), or the governing board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (“the Institute”), will have its next regular meeting on February 24, 2005.

Organized Pursuant to the CALIFORNIA STEM CELL RESEARCH AND CURES ACT
Thursday, February 24, 2005
2:00-5:00 pm
Location
University of California, San Francisco
Millberry Conference Center/Golden Gate Room
500 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94143

Pursuant to Government Code section 11123, subdivision (b), members of the Sub-Committee will be attending this meeting from teleconference locations. Members of the public are welcome to attend from these locations as well.

For a complete list of meeting locations and the agenda, please visit the Institute’s web site at www.cirm.ca.gov.

The ICOC is responsible for the oversight and management of the Institute. The Institute was established in 2004 with the passage of Proposition 71, the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative. The statewide ballot measure, which provided $3 billion in funding for stem cell research at California universities and research institutions, was overwhelmingly approved by California voters, and called for the establishment of an entity to make grants and provide loans for stem cell research, research facilities and other vital research opportunities.

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