09.05.2007 | permalink
The buzz around biotech reached a peak yesterday when Gov. Deval Patrick unveiled a plan for Massachusetts to invest $1 billion in life sciences initiatives, including controversial stem-cell research, to help the state attract business and add jobs. Patrick’s plan, designed to ”fill gaps in federal funding,” would finance research grants, support laboratory improvements at public colleges and establish a centralized stem-cell center that could be tapped by scientists worldwide.