Full Coverage Thursday of California's New Stem Cell Direction

For all the latest doings by the $3 billion California stem cell agency, follow the California Stem Cell Report on Thursday for on-the-scene reporting as the agency officially approves its new course for the next five years.

Directors of the agency are scheduled to meet in Los Angeles to ratify a spending plan for its last $900 million. Also on tap is a risky, $75 million venture aimed at pushing the best of CIRM's research into the marketplace. 

The California Stem Cell Report will provide gavel-to-gavel coverage, but avid followers of the agency can listen in on the Internet or from two telephonic locations in San Diego and at Stanford. Details are on the meeting agenda.