welcome tow assignment 7. i'm janelle wang. today on our progm. this woman never got to use the battered woman's defense and tiny patits undergoing adult life procedures plus.... >> a 49er fahas warning for all others. what he found in his season ticket information that has him seeing red. but we begin with stem cell technology. despite a court ruling tha bars embryonic stem cell research

california is on the forefront of promising research. >> stanford university neurosurgeon gary steinberg says he sees a day when stroke victims will be healed. >> investigating other strategies to recover function after a stroke by basically regenerating the brain tissue. >> he found that mice that suffered strokes regenerated brain tissue after being injected with st cells. you put the stem cells after induce ago stroke in a rodent mammal that the rodent recovers behave. >> his research shows promise for human patients. his findings were made possible by a grant from the california institute from regenerative medicine that the agency created by voters to supply 3 bye for stem cell research over ten years.

>> bee received grant for $20 million and that kind of funding is not available from the conditional sources. >> alan is president the center >> basic is going really well. >> funding was held in the courts for abo three yea while religious groups, but they have shelled out a billion dollars to researchers and universities all over the state. >> making th golden state the leader in stem cell studies. >> california is just a massive amount of energy which in total is largest in the wor. >> of the nine research centers, two of the largest is here in the bay area. stanford and u.c. san francisco. they were attracting stem cell researchers from around the globe. the emphasis is sharing research between labs and between

institutions. >> even across institutions, we've reached out nationally and to pull the best scientists together. so to do that you will be just denied. >> stem cell research building received morthan $43 miion from the state and additional $75 million was chipped in by a private donor. it will be the largest facility in the nation dedicated to stem cell research. ucsf was grand $35 million from the center for its lab perched on a hillside behind the campus hospital. private donors chped in $48 million to get it finished a doctor heads up the settlement cell study. >> they will have laboratories that will work from very basic biology of stem cells to cutting edge clinical work and the most of the time of ideas and concepts from theench to the

bedside. >> building will be home to 25 leading scientists working with 25 leading researchers. each lab is connected to the next. the doctor sa he never would have imagined stem cell research would have moved forward so quickly but how he is more optimistic than ever that cures will be fod thanks to funding in the state. it mirrors the patient activity in the science, things have been moving extremely fas just a year other two it was inconceivable at we could make stem cell lines that was patient specific. now tha has become routine. >> a california woman given a life sentence kilng important her abusive ex-boyfriend and paroled has a special request for governor swarzenegger. >> if i don't find it or pursue it will be dropped to the ground. >> reporter: she was paroled

from a southern california prison t years ago by then governor greg davis. this deeply religious woman is filing a reqst to governor swarzenegger for a pardon based on innocence. i first met her at the prin. she was serving a 27 year to life sennce for killing her ex-boyfriend a wealthy old man. >> my brother came to rescue me and it hit my brother and then it him. >> rose was 23. he served is a years before governor davis ordered her parole. he said they committed a grave crime but this has all the characteristics battered women's syndrome. she is known as doctor rose

parker sterling. she is married to a minister, michael sterling. she reui identity with the children that grew up the with her but the pain from that awful day wi always be with her. >> governor swarzenegger oks at the case and says this should have been done and we'll grant her a pardon. it was the time. the time is now. a new study reveals that the 30 larges school districts in california have done away wi the program to reduce class size educatn reporter lyanne melendez takes a look at the possible impt. >> it's the end of the wek and

this frustrated teacher is exhausted. this year she has more students in the classroom. open schools are not the only ones increasing class sizes in kindergarten through third grade. one has 20 students for every teacher. a new study by california watch shows the state's largest watch 30 districts have classes above 30 students in those lower grades martha helps witharly reading and larger classes some with up to 30 kids will have an impact on students. >> not getting as much attention from the teacher and kindergarten is crical to begin early readi skills. with more children they are not going to get as much smalgroup attention. >> according to californ watch the state has spent $23 billion in the past 14 years in the small class program. in a matter of two years the program has crumbled in most

school districts. >> california watch reporter lewis freedberg poured over the data. >> we are making policy based on how much money y they're not whether it's good or bad policy for t children. >> for most, the economic picture lessened wn the stimulus money ran on out. conference teachersere laid off. he says they are challenging times for educators. now you have a situation where teachers are under enormous pressure to have tir kids do better on the battery of tests that kids get every year and sometimes more frequently than that and more kids to handle in their classes and often fewer resources and fewer intervention specialists, reading specialists all of which are being cut debate principal of lafayette agrees. >> they basically feel unsupported because there is not

clear evidence that they are being prioritized. they are wting to there and theyre giving their all to the students here. they don't seem to be appreciated. >> many school districts don't feel they'll go back to the magic 20 number anytime soon. lyanne melendez, "abc 7 news." >> up next, another bay area medical breakthrough. >> the toxin and it works for them. >> coming up what may free kidney patients from dialysis. kidney patients from dialysis. some of the tiniest patientss

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breakthrough technology and development in the bay area could evenally free thousands of kidney patients from dialysis. carolyn johnso has more. >> david anderson knows this drill all too well, after a

transplanted kidney gave out he spent three days a week hooked up to a dialysis machine. >> i don't leave san francisco very often. >> but tusands of patients could be free from dialysis. >> this is a device that will have a filter. >> a professor is holding a prototype of what could become the first implantable artificial kidney. >> we have a toxin and the rest of the blood will not. >> after it's purified the blood flows through a second chamber called a bio reactor, with kidney cells that react with the blood. they perfm some of the same functis as a healthy kidney, including. because of that ability,

resechers believe the implantable device could fe patients from dialysis but treat them in ways that traditional dialysis machines do not. >> so long as it filters all the blood in the body and then the chemistry levels in the body. so what away do with dialysis, we do the filtration part and we can't fine-tune the chemistry levelsery well. >> he is a professor of medicine at ucsf. they can experience a vaety of sympms and some use drugs normally handled by the kidneys >> the most significant thing we would be able to adjust the chemistry level l the time. that should make them a lot better. >> unlike the mockup in his lab, he ss the implantable model

would work with the body's natural blood pressure inead of a pump and it could theoreticay be implanted for the long term. >> we ha to do a lot more testinbut the lab experiments. >> potentially providing a breakthrough for dialysis,. >> all the things are very difficult and very expensive but they are cheaper than $20,000 a month for dialysis. in oth health news, bay area doctors and engineers are teaming up to change the future of health care for infants. they areorking on the tools that cater to pediatric surgery. >> he a pediatric surgeon at stanford's hospil. pablo garcia is an accomplish engineer.

together the two men share one goal, develop desperately needed surgical instruments to use on the tinit of patients. >> we are a nonprofit. we have the luxury of being able to concentrate on proble that are important, not necessarily problems that have a big financial retu. >> the doctor has i am pro invitati had and in order to perfor more evasive surgery. take a condition that is rare and severe problem in which the swallowing tube is abnormally attached to the airwaves. the fix can be traumatic. >> when you make a big incision in the chest wall, it can call proble with chest wall defo it or a scoliosis.

>> they are working on a patented product that will allow them to reach the point of surgery the mouth. five-year-old ryan goldberg could be a candidate the for use of the new product. he still faces challenges associated with scar tissue from his originalurgery as a premure baby. >> he still has some issu with regard to eating. >> pablo garcia wants to scale down the design and this is not the only product in the pipeline. they were on the cutting edge of robotic surgery an now ra enumerate to explore the unchted territory of pediaic devices. >> careful define requires optimum new approaches and new manufacturing techniques. it's about making a product that is effective. >> the federal government as

spent $1 million to help the team commercialize innovative tools. surgeons committed to saving lives hopes that it attracts more supporters. >> tre may be some societies that would like to see certn diseases addresswood these devices. >> they could change the teamwork of pediatric care and the lives of at stanford, "abc 7 news." coming up, 7 on your side, a heads up for 49er fans, sitting [ older brother ] hey, that's the st crescent. [ younger brother ] oh, do y want it? yeah. ok, we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fsh, so light... ...buttery and flaky. this is half. that is not half. guys i have mo. [ female announcer ] do you have enough crescts? with cinnabon cinnamon have such sweet and delicious aroma

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however there are details that aren't sitting wel with season ticket holders. the story from michael finney. >> in the end zone! >> the 49ers online video is big and bold. looking back on an incredible past and forwar to a bright future in new stadium. it's enoug to give any long time fan goosebumps. he a long time fan and it gives him something else. >> and all you 49er fan, look what they are trying to do to us. >> the office is packed with 49er memorabia and he and his associates and tickets go all the way back to kezar stadium. he has never paid a seat license fee, never planned to until he read the latest paperwork that

came with his season ticket. >> even though all these promise to buy your season tickets the same seats. but this year they are tellg us that we have no expectation that we're going to have any seats. we have no equitable right. >> welcome to the economics of professional sports. >> sports director larry beil says he is not a defender or detractor of the practice but points out it's widesprea in today's world. >> if they are going to put down a billion dollars to build a stadium, they to have finance it. the raw numbers there is certain ways toinance it and one of those ways in the modern era is personal fee licenses. >> they call the linses as bl's or stadium builders licenses. they declined an interview saying selling licenses is a long way off but all dollars

from the stadium builde license goes to the funding and maintenance of the building. none of the revenue goes to the 49ers. key elements of an s, teif time and traferable, ours will be both. season ticke holders were informed about sbl's in a personal element. so sbl's can deliver a lot and personally cost a lot. are they an investmen >> are we talking the 49ers of the 80s or the 49's of the mid 90s. >> the time share columnist for the san franciscexaminer, and seat licenses have been compared to time shares he seethem more like condominium. >> i can sell my tickets. i can give my ticke away, but i have complete control over virtuall every event at that vaccine because those are my seats. >> is there any recourse.

an attorney says not really. >> football teams are businesses. they are providing an entertainment service. people become, i love my football team and my football team loves me. they do. to the extent that it keeps money coming in the door. >> so now you know. for this, for that. >> i haven't heard it and if it wasn't for 78 on your side, a lot of people wouldn't have heard it. >> i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> whewe come back, culinary restaurants,2@

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>> the creativity of chefs, northern california's restaurant reputation, recognition in the michelin guide means you have arrived. >> this is the fifth san francisco edition which highlights 519 restaurant and they award culiny achievement the highest ranking belongs to two napa restaurant. fren laundry wins and meadow woods moves up to three stars. >> tre are just 91 restaurants worldwide that have 3 stars. this is one of 39 restaurants that earned one star. it's been opened for less than a year. the owner named it after her grandmother. >> it's like a family and i

think that conservation the diningxperience. >> your creativity has something to do with it? >> a little bit. >> and this is editor's choice, good value like the slanted door in the ferry building. >> they have been around 15 years, 6 years at this locatio it started a revolution with family style. restaurantseature fresh and local ingredients that has made the bay ea a gourmet paradise and they have it for them. >> the great tools for consumers to start out, because this town there is so many restaurants you can go to. >> if you want more information on the stories on our program go to our website at wwabc7.com

and look under the news lijs on the left side for assignment 7. that is all for this edition of assignment 7. i'm janelle wang. we'll e you next time.