Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a venture capital firm in the Silicon Valley has just bet on adult stem cell research . While the amount of funding is still not known, we do know that they've invested in a new Bay Area company, iZumi Bio Inc.

Collaborative work with iZumi and San Francisco based J.David Gladstone Institutes , "will build on breakthrough methods of creating induced pluripotent stem cells which are adult skin cells that can be coaxed to develop into many cell types. These cells might some day help to regenerate injured spinal cords or damaged hearts, scientists hope.

Last year, Time magazine reported that pregnancy was the #1 best “chore” to be outsourced . Never far behind a cultural trend, Hollywood recently stumbled upon comedic genius and derived a comedy about—what else? — surrogacy.