Geron halting stem cell research, laying off staff

http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/story/2011-11-15/Geron-halting-stem-cell-research-laying-off-staff/51215752/1

TRENTON, N.J. The company doing the first government-approved test of embryonic stem cell therapy is discontinuing further stem cell work, a move with stark implications for a field offering hope of future medicines for conditions with inadequate or no current treatments…