{"id":1063412,"date":"2012-12-23T07:49:56","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T07:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.longevitymedicine.tv\/california-editorial-unamity-stem-cell-agency-needs-revamp\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T20:29:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T00:29:21","slug":"california-editorial-unamity-stem-cell-agency-needs-revamp-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/stem-cell-therapy\/california-editorial-unamity-stem-cell-agency-needs-revamp-2.php","title":{"rendered":"California Editorial Unamity: Stem Cell Agency Needs Revamp"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the addition of another editorial
this week, reaction among California newspapers so far has been
unanimous that the $3 billion California stem cell agency should heed
the sweeping recommendations of the prestigious Institute of
Medicine.<\/b><\/p>

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The Riverside Press-Enterprise<\/b> added its voice yesterday<\/a>, declaring,<\/div>

“Good intentions do not justify poor
practice.”<\/p><\/blockquote>

Like others, the newspaper said that
the agency “needs to revamp its governance structure to avoid
potential conflicts of interest and boost public confidence in the
agency.”<\/div>
<\/div>
The Riverside paper focused on the conflicts of interest at the organization, which has seen about
90 percent of its funding go to institutions with ties to directors, but also supported other recommendations, including elimination of the dual executive arrangement at the research effort. <\/div>
<\/div>
The editorial said,<\/div>

“An agency spending Californians’
money has no business being cavalier about good government practice
and ethical safeguards — no matter how promising the potential
therapies might be. The stem-cell institute is not a private fiefdom,
but a taxpayer-supported undertaking. Yet many on the stem-cell
institute’s board objected this month to the report’s
recommendations.<\/p><\/blockquote>

“The agency also said that Prop. 71<\/b>’s
provisions mean that enacting many of the proposed fixes would
require either a supermajority vote of the Legislature or another
ballot measure. That prospect should warn Californians about the
dangers of voting for complex, costly, politically driven initiatives
that have little to do with fundamental state duties.<\/p><\/blockquote>

“Still, the stem-cell agency cannot
just sit on these recommendations without damaging its credibility.
The search for medical breakthroughs does not justify ignoring vital
safeguards for spending taxpayer dollars.”<\/p><\/blockquote>

For a look at other editorials, see here<\/a> and here<\/a>.Source:
http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/blogspot\/uqpFc\/~3\/70xi8-waM7k\/california-editorial-unamity-stem-cell.html<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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