NEBRASKA DECISION: Resolution to Ban Embryonic Stem Cell Research? Friday, November 20th, Religious Right forces will attempt to impose their beliefs on the state of Nebraska. If they win, embryonic stem cell research will be banned at the University of Nebraska,...

THE TRIAL OF AMERICAN STEM CELL RESEARCH—DISMISSED? By Don C. Reed As you recall, the lawsuit against America’s new stem cell guidelines (Sherley et al vs. Sebelius et al, filed August 19, 2009) was moving forward;  until resolved, all federal funding of embryonic...

    FOUR HORRORS: Stroke, Diabetes, Blindness, ALS—and How Embryonic Stem Cell Research May Defeat Them By Don C. Reed Before I met the monster on the road, I had been on my way South to Los Angeles for the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee (ICOC)....

TO SAVE A CHILD:  Why the ICOC Should Reconsider Grant Proposal DR1-01449 from Don C. Reed The most eagerly anticipated grants of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine are the disease team grants: major funding, as much as $20,000,000 each. The posted...

RE-IMPOSE BUSH BAN? Research Opponents Hope to Turn Back the Clock By Don C. Reed Using a variety of approaches, anti-research forces are attempting to turn back the clock: either to the days of the Bush Presidency, or perhaps even all the way back to those happy...

2009 WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT EXCEEDS ALL EXPECTATIONS By Don C. Reed “Breathes there a man with soul so dead, that never to himself hath said, “this is my own, my native land…?”—Sir Walter Scott. High on the side of the Hilton Hotel is a glass-walled bridge connecting...

DID YOU MISS IT?   DID YOU FORGET STEMCELL AWARENESS DAY?   Don’t worry, it’s not too late—September 23rd  has not happened yet, you still have a couple days to get ready—to join America, Canada, Germany, Spain, Australia and many more states and nations in...

AMERICA’S STEM CELL PROGRAM THREATENED BY LAWSUIT By Don C. Reed A lawsuit is being brought against the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, as well as the NIH and HHS as...