Category: ‘Surveys and Advocacy’
Stem Cells can be 21st Century Penicillin
Posted on March 23rd, 2005
Positioning Washington as an important player in the national debate over embryonic stem cell research, Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles and Rep. Shay Schual-Berke introduced legislation recently that would authorize this pioneering science.
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Kerry Shows Support of Stem Cell Research
Posted on October 7th, 2004
Presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry and actor-turned-activist Michael J. Fox discussed the issue of stem cell research with an enthusiastic crowd Monday morning at Winnacunnet High School in Hampton, N.H.
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Long Road Ahead for Stem Cell Initiative
Posted on June 9th, 2004
Proposal to finance research qualifies for state ballot
A $3 billion state proposition to promote controversial stem cell research in California qualified Thursday for the November ballot, opening what promises to be a bruising campaign that pits moral critics of the research against family members of people with incurable diseases.
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Stem Cell Research is Moving Ahead
Posted on May 17th, 2004
The director of the National Institutes of Health, in a letter released over the weekend, told more than 200 members of Congress that stem cell research is advancing in the United States, but remains within the guidelines President Bush announced in 2001.
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Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation Awards $2.026 Million in Research Grants
Posted on May 17th, 2004
The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation (CRPF) announced today the results of its first research funding cycle for 2004. A total of $2,026,780 was awarded to 15 scientists for research on spinal cord injury paralysis.
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