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California Residents: Fill out your stem cell funding signature sheets, and postmark them by April 16th!
California Residents: Fill out your stem cell funding signature sheets, and postmark them by April 16th! Sometimes in the midst of trouble, we catch a break—and we just did! As you know, California stem cell research supporters are trying to get $5.5 billion in new...
HOW WE WILL WIN: Parkinson’s People Know How To Fight
I have always believed that people with Parkinson’s disease are the toughest advocacy fighters of them all—because their condition is progressive, which means it gets worse—and so, whether they have Parkinson’s themselves, or love someone who does, they will fight....
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...
Don Reed's NEW BOOK - - "REVOLUTIONARY THERAPIES!"
How the California Stem Cell Program Saved Lives, Eased Suffering -
and Changed the Face of Medicine Forever
By Don C. Reed, World Scientific Publishing, March 20th, 2020
Chronic diseasethreatens the world.
In America alone, more than 100 million children and adults suffer chronic (long-lasting or incurable) diseases. These are not empty statistics, but people we know, members of your family and mine...