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RALLY AROUND THE STEMCELL FLAG—for UC Davis’s Future Too!!
If you love UC Davis, and stem cell research too, now is the time to fight! The California stemcell program provided major funding for UC Davis—how much? $143,156,678.00 One hundred forty-three million dollars in research funding, including $20 million to...
THE STANFORD/CIRM STEM CELL CONNECTION—to be Continued?
Stanford University: it is huge, and useful. Probably no medical institution in the world has produced more advanced stem cell research, treatments and therapies. Add that strength to the power of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), and you...
PART TWO: UC SAN DIEGO: HOW MUCH DID THE CALIFORNIA STEM CELL PROGRAM HELP YOU?
Today, San Diego is one of the great biomed centers of the world. How did this happen? Our nation’s gratitude goes to three great philanthropists: Denny Sanford, Malin Burnham, and Conrad Prebys....
HOW MUCH DID THE CALIFORNIA STEM CELL PROGRAM HELP YOUR COLLEGE?
In 2004, California voters said “YES!” to stem cell research-- which had been blocked by Republican President George W. Bush. Bob Klein, father of a diabetic son, organized and led Proposition 71, the $3 billion dollar citizens’ initiative to fund stem cell research....
THE DARKNESS, THE LIGHT, AND THE CALIFORNIA STEM CELL PROGRAM
This is the worst time of our lives. A few feet from me, Gloria, beloved wife of fifty years, is dying of cancer. We do not know how many days she has left. I just got her up and helped her to the bathroom, and though it was a very short walk, she could almost not...
ROMAN REED FOR ASSEMBLYMAN!
By Don C. Reed Note: I am proud to be a part of the group AMERICANS FOR CURES—but this essay has nothing to do with that fine association. It is strictly me on my own, talking about my son, Roman Reed, who is running for California State Assemblyman, in District 25. I...
BART, CIRM, and the Crime of Doing– Nothing?
By Don C. Reed The lawbooks are filled with active malfeasance, crimes and penalties for doing bad. But there are very few punishments for avoiding doing good. If a billionaire drives past a homeless person, and turns away, too bored or busy to share a buck, he/she...
BIG STEM CELL RESEARCH BILL NEEDS A COUPLE SENTENCES FROM YOU!!
Friday, October 11, 2019 This is from David Jensen’s must-read STEM CELL REPORT for today. Also, here is a favor I want to ask of you. Skim through the following, which tells you about the new $5.5 billion-dollar renewal of funding for the California stem cell...
CIRM KICKS A**! California Stem Cell Program Huge Success Economically as Well as Helping Patients!!
By Don C. Reed If you could invest $2 and get back $15, would you do it? Okay, how about investing $2.67 billion—and getting back $15.4 billion? Thanks to the wisdom and foresight of the California voters, we already did. How much did the California invest in our...
Don Reed's NEW BOOK - "Science, Politics, Stem Cells and Genes: California's War on Chronic Disease"
California’s War on Chronic Disease
By Don C. Reed, World Scientific Publishing, April 2023