Re: stem cells

[Maxine Krugman <MMKRJK@xxxxxxx>]

along with greg and a.j. i attended this session with the governor signing
the two bills and then meeting with a small number of us after in a mini town
hall meeting. he and deborah ortiz, state senator who authored the bills and has
been a great friend to the parkinson community, took questions for over half
an hour unscripted about all issues . pretty impressive actually. these bills
establish a registry for stem cells, an oversight team to make sure everything
is done in accordance with the law, both public and private stem cell work
and to make anonymous stem cells available to docs/scientists here in california
who do this important work. apparently 35 doctors/scientists from places like
harvard and m.i.t. have come to california to work since the signing last
year of the ortiz bill authorizing the work on stem cells from any source. this
year it further defines what can and is being done with regard to embryonic
stem cells. greg and a.j. have testified tirelessly for well over a year driving
up to sacramento and back home and should be applauded for their efforts.
maxine

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