Stem Cell Research and News: Missouri
<-- Back To RegionsCitizens' Initiative Effort Launched to Protect Stem Cell Research and Cures in Missouri
Statewide Ballot Measure is the First in U.S. Designed to Protect Patients' Rights to Receive Stem Cell Therapies and Cures JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Oct. 11 - A coalition of patient advocacy groups, medical organizations and concerned citizens today launched an...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on November 3, 2005 01:29 PM
Missouri Blocks Kansas City Research
The ethical debate over embryonic stem cells reaches beyond Washington to state capitals and research parks across the country. With competition hot from Maryland to California for cutting-edge research and the profits that could follow, many states are evaluating the...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on August 11, 2005 05:17 PM
Illinois Gov. Blagojevich, Comptroller Hynes Announce $10 Million Stem Cell Research Program To Fund Medical Cures
CHICAGO – Governor Rod R. Blagojevich and Comptroller Dan Hynes announced, on July 12th, that Illinois will become the first state in the Midwest, and only the fourth state in the nation, to commit public funds to the life-saving work...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on July 18, 2005 11:20 AM
St. Louis Missouri Lab Dispenses Cord Blood
A small lab in St. Louis, Missouri is working towards the goal to use stem cells from newborns' umbilical cord blood to treat some of the nation's most deadly diseases. The St. Louis Cord Blood Bank has put together what...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on May 27, 2005 12:17 PM
Growing Coalition Opposes Ban on Stem Cell Research
- Hundreds of Missouri Medical Experts, Patient Advocates, Clergy, and Civic and Business Leaders Join Effort to Protect Stem Cell Research JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Supporters of stem cell research announced today that hundreds of prominent medical...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on April 7, 2005 11:25 AM
Hadassah Pushing Stem-cell Legislation
In a move that is likely to bring it into conflict with Catholic and Evangelical Christian groups, the largest Jewish organization in America is launching a push for pro-stem-cell-research legislation in state houses around the country. Hadassah, the 300,000-member women's...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on February 24, 2005 12:59 PM
Kansas: EDC Decry Stem Cell Opposition
Officials from the Economic Development Corp. of Kansas City on Friday blasted attempts to ban stem cell research in Missouri and lamented the Kansas City Royals' decision to remain at Kauffman Stadium. Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes called the Missouri...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on February 21, 2005 01:23 PM
Missouri: Stem Cell Research Must Move Forward
On Thursday at a forum on innovation and prosperity in the St. Louis area, speakers hammered home a crucial theme: efforts to ban stem cell research in Missouri must be stopped. If not, St. Louis' budding biotech sector, which has...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on February 18, 2005 12:01 PM
Stem Cells' Promise Pits Jobs vs. Values
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Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on February 16, 2005 02:31 PM
Missouri: Ban On Stem Cell Research Moves Forward
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Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on February 15, 2005 11:02 AM
Poll Shows 2/3 of Missouri Voters in Favor of Stem Cell Research
Now, with the definition of Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) done, we have some news that relate to it .... Statewide poll by nationally recognized republican pollster shows that missourians overwhelmingly oppose legislation that would ban research and cures... The...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on February 15, 2005 12:18 AM
Missouri Struggling with 'Therapeutic Cloning'
Back with more news about the stem cell debate in Missouri. Meador, a mother of four from Warrenton, said that the research technique creates a human embryo that is killed when the stem cells are removed. That makes the price...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on February 14, 2005 08:35 PM
Missouri: Coalition for Lifesaving Cures Launched to Support Stem Cell Research
Supporters of stem cell research in Missouri announced today the launch of the Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures, a broad-based group that includes over 60 leading state and national patient advocacy, business, medical, academic, research and civic organizations. The Coalition...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on February 10, 2005 11:56 PM
Extensive Testimony on Stem Cell Debate in Missouri
The Missouri Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony Wednesday night, February 03, on a bill to ban cloning and embryonic stem cell research. Testimony began at 7 p.m. and continued past midnight. Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Lee's Summit, said more than 60...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on February 7, 2005 11:05 AM
Missouri Struggles With Stem Cell Research and Cloning
As Missouri contemplates banning a procedure used in stem cell research, the only question that matters to many lawmakers was the one asked by Sen. Jason Crowell, R-Cape Girardeau, at a late-night hearing this week. For nearly four hours Monday,...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on February 2, 2005 10:30 AM
Missouri Lobby Opposing Bill Banning Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Missouri biotech companies are opposing a proposal to ban embryonic stem cell research and all forms of human cloning in the Show Me State. Representatives of four Missouri research institutions have sent a letter to legislators asking them to reject...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on December 23, 2004 02:13 PM