REMOVE PATIENT ADVOCATE VOICES FROM THE CALIFORNIA STEM CELL PROGRAM? By Don C. Reed What group of people was Proposition 71, the California stem cell program, designed to help? Patients with incurable disease or disability. Who speaks for them? They do, and we do—the...

LIKE TOUCHING TOMORROW… 8th Annual World Stem Cell Summit By Don C. Reed The just-concluded World Stem Cell Summit, December 3-5, left advocates excited, revitalized, updated—and cheerful! It might seem odd that the battle against chronic disease, the most terrifying...

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BREAKTHROUGH  RESEARCH--AND A NEW THREAT By Don C. Reed Two scientists' beaming faces recently adorned a press release: "New cell type developed for possible treatment of Alzheimer's and other brain diseases".--https://today.uci.edu/... Why are they smiling-- and what...

A BRIGHTER DAY: Stem Cell Elections in 2012 By Don C. Reed https://www.huffingtonpost.com/don-c-reed/a-brighter-day-stem-cells_b_2113504.html 2012 was a banner year for the cause of cure. First among our stem cell electoral victories was the re-election of President...

Not Too Late! Do one thing more to influence election https://www.huffingtonpost.com/don-c-reed/not-too-late_b_2075582.html Can you drive your aunt to the polls? Or bring a chair for a friend that might think the lines too long to stand in? What about a disabled...

https://www.dailykos.com/blog/uid:109655 LAST 24 HOURS: Reaching Someone Who Has Not Made Up Their Mind   By Don C. Reed   This Sunday my brother called me to say:   “I really can’t decide who to vote for—Obama or that other guy.”   I was...

OBAMA IN THE STORM By Don C. Reed There is a photograph of President Obama which for me sums up his first four years in office. He is standing in darkness on the White House lawn, his Navy blue coat glistening with rain. But he is not scampering for shelter. He is...