The state of Illinois is making $5 million more available for stem cell research for seven projects at public universities.

The money is coming from the state’s current budget through the use of an Executive Order from Gov. Rod Blagojevich. It’s a way the governor has used before to get around the General Assembly, which has rejected such money in the past.

The two biggest grants were $1.1 million each. One went to a researcher at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Peoria, the other to a scientist at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.

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