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Overturning vetos: Massachusetts did it

Legislators in Massachusetts overturned Gov. Mitt Romney's veto and approved a bill giving state health officials regulatory control over stem cell research.

This is one victory for stem cell research that I particularly relish. Mitt served as head of Utah's Olympic effort in 2002 -- as a resident of Utah, yet claimed to be a resident of Massachusetts when he entered the race for Governor of that state. Is this a precedent for another Republican who has threatened veto of a stem cell bill?

Meanwhile, Connecticut's House of Representatives gave final approval May 31 to a 10-year, $100 million stem cell funding plan; the state Senate had already approved the measure. Gov. M. Jodi Rell has said she would sign it into law.

Connecticut is where I grew up and began learning about the excitement of research in genetics. Another smile.

Marie Godfrey, PhD

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stem cell identity in transplantation therapy in humans

Submitted by B.V.Shenoi (not verified) on Mon, 09/05/2005 - 9:26am.
I have long been wondering whether we should be having a continous on-going debate at all if stem cells with embryonic potentialities could be identified in post-natal life, thus putting to rest the debate once for all. This is based on my own studies in the quest for 'adult stem cells' in human tissues well over three decades. The results arising out of my studies of fresh human tissues and organs 'grown' in vitro in fresh  fowl plasma provided strong  presumtive cyto-histologic evidence of stem-cell potentialities of organotypic and histotypic endothelial cells in post-natal life. This evidence based on a study comprising  over 2000 specimens has been compiled in the form of a pictorial monograph  copies of which were mailed to various leading universities and institutions across the world in 1988-89.These findings were well-appreciated. Should anyone be interested in the said monographs I would only be too glad to mail a copy. I myself could not  undertake further work along these lines for want of funding support and other infrastructure.I am convinced that these findings assume tremendous importance at this critical juncture.
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