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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...
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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...
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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...
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Perhaps more than any other patient advocate group, I respect Parkinson’s fighters. If you really want some folks who will absolutely show up and be counted, ask your friends with Parkinson’s. If they say yes, they will be there. I have a theory why this...
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By Don C. Reed Assembly Bill 214, The Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act, authored by Assembly Speaker pro Tem Kevin Mullin, was placed “on consent” for today’s Assembly Health Committee Agenda. That means it does not require a formal presentation and...
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By Don C. Reed In her hospital gown, Gloria, my wife of fifty years, was walking on the treadmill. Gradually the speed increased, faster and faster. I worried she might slip, I stood in closer to her, crowding the attendant, who was also trying to protect her from...