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| Stem Cell Movement Faces Setbacksby Andale Gross, Sci-Tech TodayJuly 24th, 2007Eight months ago, Missouri seemed well on its way to becoming a national leader in stem cell research. Now the spotlight is all but gone after a research institute and lawmakers withdrew financial support. |
| Whichever Way the Wind Blowsby Jesse Reynolds, Biopolitical TimesMay 24th, 2007A recent article on potential economic benefits from California's $3 billion investment in stem cell research has reference to the over-the-top - yet widely-cited - optimistic scenarios spun in an economic analysis that was widely touted, and funded, by the campaign to establish the state program - despite sharing an author. |
| The States, the Feds, and Embryonic Stem Cell Researchby Jesse Reynolds, Biopolitical TimesMay 12th, 2007Sam Berger and James Fossett publicly air a disagreement about the appropriate roles of the federal and state governments in funding stem cell research. While they both make critical points, they also engage in a rhetorical exercise that misses the mark. |
| The Crossroads of America?by Jesse Reynolds, Biopolitical TimesApril 13th, 2007The state of Indiana has apologized for its role in the eugenics movement. As a native of Indiana, where I spent my first twenty years, the story was already close to home. But when I saw the photo of Jamie Coleman (above), a woman present at the marker commemoration who'd been sterilized in 1971, it moved even closer. |
| Prisons: Rehabilitation or Repository?by Osagie K. Obasogie, Biopolitical TimesMarch 15th, 2007On the heels of the IOM's suggestion to relax restrictions on using prisoners in clinical trials, South Carolina is looking to push the envelope a bit further: incentivizing prisoners to "donate" organs by skimming 180 days off their sentence. |
| Illinois bill to fund stem cell researchby Jesse Reynolds, Biopolitical TimesMarch 7th, 2007Public funding of stem cell research in Illinois - already the practice due to executive orders - is about to become enshrined in law. |
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