welcom tow assignment 7. i'm janelle wang. today on our program. this woman never got to use the battered woman's defense and tiny patients undergoing adult life procedes. plus.... >> a 49er n has 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 that bars embryonic stem cell research

california is on the forefro of promising research. >> stanford university neurosurgeon gary steinberg says he sees a day when stroke victims wi be healed. >> investigating otr strategies to recover functn after a stroke by basically regenerating the brain tissue. >> he found that mice that suffered strokes regenerated brain tissue after bein injected witstem cells. you put the stem cells after induce ago stroke in a rodent mammal that th rodent recovers behave. >> his research shows promise for human patients. his findings were made possible by a grant from the california institute from regenerative medine. that the agen 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 presidt of the center. >> basic is going really well. >> funding was held up in the courts forbout three years while religious groups, but they have shelled out a billion dollars to researchers and universities all over the state. >> making e golden state the leader in stem cell studies. >> california is just a massive amount of energy which in total is largest in the world. >> of the nine research centers, two ofhe largest is here in the bay area. stanford and u.c. san francis. they were attracting stem cell researchers from around the globe. the emphasis is sharing research between la 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 receivedore than $43 million 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 chipped in $48 million to get it finish. 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 e bench 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 ys 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 found thanks to funding in the state. it mirrors the patient activity in the science, things have be moving extremely ft. just a year other twot was inconceivae that we could make stem cell lin that was patient specific. now tt has become routine. >> a california woman given a life sentenceilling 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 wa paroled from a southern california

prisonen years ago by then governor greg davis. this deeply religious woman is filing a request to governor swarzenegger for a pardon based on innocence. i first met her at the prison. she was serving a 27 year to life sentence for killing her ex-boyfriend a wealthy older 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 characteristicof 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 will always be with her. >> governor swarzeneggelooks at the case and says this should have been done and we'll grant her a pardon. it w the time. the time is now. a new study reveals that the 30 largt school districts in california have done away th the program to reduce cla size education reporter lyanne melendez takes a look at the possible iact. >> it's the end of the week and this frustrated teacher is

exhausted. this year sh has more students in the classroom. open schools are not the only ones increasing class sizes in kindergarten throu third grade. one has 20 students for every teacher. a new study by california watch shows the state's largest watch 30 districts ha classes above 30 students in those lower grades. martha helps wit early 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 critical to begin early reading skills. with more children they are not going to get as much small group attention. >> according to califoia 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 poli based on how much money they're not whether it's good or bad policy for the children. >> for most, the economic picture lessen when the stimulus money ran on out. conference teache were laid off. he says they are challenging times for educators. now you have a situation where teache are under enormous pressure to haveheir kids do better on the battery of tests that kids get every year and sometimes more frequently tha 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 areanting to there and they are giving their all to the students here. they don seem to be appreciated. >> many scho 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 tinie patientss were prese i want you to

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can change your life. watch the "7 breakthrough technology and development in the bay area could eventually free thousands of kidney patient from dialysis. carolyjohnson has more. >> did 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 thousands of patients could be free from dialysis. >> this is a device that will have a filter. >> a professo is holding a prototype of what could become the fir implantable artificial kidney. >> we have a ton and the rest of the blood will not. >> after it's purified the blood flows througa second chamber called a bio reactor, with kidney cells that react with the blood. they perform some of the same functions as a healthy kidney, including. because of thatbility,

researchers believe the implantable device could free patients from dialysis but treat them in ways that traditional dialysis machines do not >> so long as it filters all e blood in the body and then the chemistry levels in the body. so what away do wi dialysis, we do the filtration part and we can't fine-tune the chemistry levels very well. >> he is a professor of medicin at ucsf. they can experience a variety of symptoms and some use drugs normally handled by the kidneys. >> the most significant thing we would be able to adjust the chemistrlevel all the time. that should make them a lot better. >> unlike the mockup in his l, he says the implantable model would work wit the body's

natural blood pressure instead of a pump and it could theoretically be implante for the long term. >> we have to do a lot more testing but the lab experiments. >> potentially providing a breakthrough for dialysis,. >> all these things are very difficult and very expensive but they are cheaper than $20,000 a month for dialis. in other health news, bay area doctors and engineers are teaming up to change the futur of health care for infants. they are working on the tools that cater to pediatric surgery. >> he a pediatric surgeon at stanford'sospital. pablo garcia is an accolished engineer. together the two men share one

goal, develop desperately needed surgical instruments to use on the tiniest of patients. >> we are a nonprofit. we have e luxy of being able to concentrate on problems that are important, not necessarily problems that have a big financiareturn. >> the doctor hai am pro invitation had and in order to perform 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 problems with chest wall deform it or a scoliosis. >> they are working on a

patented product that will allow them to reach the point of surgery to the mouth. five-year-ol ryan goldberg could be a candidate the for use of the new product. he still faces challenges associated with scar tissue from his original surgery as a premature baby. >> he still has some issue with regard to eating. >> pablo garcia wants to scale down the design and this i not the only product in the pipeline. they were on the cutti edge of robotic surgy and now ra enumerate to explore the uncharted territory of pediatric devices. >> careful define requires optimum new approaches and new manufacturing techniques. it's about making a product that is effective. >> the federa government as spent $1 million to he the

team commerclize innovativ tools. surgeons committed to saving lives hopes that it attracts more supporters. >> there may be some societies that would like to see certain diseases addresswood these devices. >> they could change the teamworkf pediatric care and the lives of at stanford, "abc 7 news." coming up, 7 on your side, a heads up for 49er fans, sitting i haveallen in love with making bird houses. caw caw! [ director ]what is that? that's a horriblcrow. here are some things that i'll make as lite portals.

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there is controversy and excitement around the 49ers possible move to the south bay however there are details that aren't sitting well 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 forward to a bright future in a new stadium. it's enough to give any long time fan goosebumps. he a long time fan and it gives him something else. >> and all you 49er fans, look what they are trying to do to us.

>> the office is packed with 49er memorabilia 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. >> eve though all these promise to buy your season tickets the same seats but this year they are telling us tha 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 widespread 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 to finance it and one of those ys in the modern era is

personal fee licenses. >> they call the licenses as bl's or stadium builders licenses. they declined an interview saying selling licenses s a long way off but all dollars from the staum builders license es to the fundi and maintenance of theuilding. none of the revenue goes to the 49ers. key elements of an sbl, teif time and transferable, ours wi be bot season ticket 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 investment. >> are we tking the 49ers of the 80s or the 49's of the mid 90s. >> the time share columnist fo the san francisco examiner, and seat licenses have been compared to time shares he sees them more like a condinium. >> i can sell my tickets.

i can give my tickets away, but i have complete control over virtually 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 les me. they do. to the extent that it keeps money coming i the door. >> so now you know. for th, 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. >> when we come back, culinary restauras,

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every bay area restaurateur wants two things, success and a star from the mitch len guide. the ne edition has new comers joining familiar favites. don sanchez take a look. >> the creavity of chefs, northern cafornia's restaurant reputaon, recognition in the michelin guide means you have arrived. >> this is the fifth san francisco edition which highlights 519 restaurants and they awa culinary achievemt the highest ranking belongs to two napa restaurant. french laundry wins and meadow woods moves up to three stars. >> there are just 91 restaurants worldwide that have 3 stars.

this is e 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 ke a family and i think that coervation the dining experience. >> 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 location. it started a revolution with family style. restaurants feature fresh and local ingredients that has made the bay area a gourt paradise and they have it for them.

>> the great tools for consurs to start out, because this town there is so many restaurants you can go to. >> if y want more infmation on the sties on our progra go to our website at www.abc7.com and look under the news lijs on the left side for assignment 7. that iall for this edition of assignment 7. i'm janelle wang. we'll see you next time. [ male announcer ] most women in america

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