Entries Tagged as ‘biotech’

July 14, 2006

The Stem Cell, Commissions and neo-christians

Seems Harvard Stem Cells are more popular than US approved Cells…  meanwhile, Gov. Perdue’s appointees to the Georgia Cord Blood Commission have been announced.  Impressive list.  California research on stem cells continues to draw big money.
But, if Ralph Reed is elected, he promised in the debate to not allow any stem cell research in Georgia, [...]

July 1, 2006

A vaccine shortage — how convenient!

AJC article today tells us that there is a shortage of meningitis vaccine.  This “shortage” is pushing the price to $186 per shot.
Three years ago, a big push was made to mandate vaccinations for all freshman to protect against meningitis — this push failed, largely because legislators wondered about requiring freshman to pay $82 for [...]

February 25, 2006

Reading Assignment

I have been working for the past week and a half on some legislation that will affect stem cell research in Georgia. Below is some reading material, I will comment more later
Stem Cells
Legislation

SB 537 - Search for the Cure - Adleman, David (D)
SB 596 - Delivering the Cure - Shafer, David (R)

News

Bill may stop some [...]