{"id":1063449,"date":"2013-02-24T02:53:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-24T07:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.longevitymedicine.tv\/half-full-half-empty-editorial-on-california-stem-cell-agency\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T20:29:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T00:29:37","slug":"half-full-half-empty-editorial-on-california-stem-cell-agency-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/stem-cell-therapy\/half-full-half-empty-editorial-on-california-stem-cell-agency-2.php","title":{"rendered":"Half-full, Half-empty Editorial on California Stem Cell Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

The California stem cell agency's
editorial road show paid off a bit again this week with a mildly
approving editorial in the Oakland Tribune<\/b>.<\/p>

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The Feb.18 piece<\/a> said that the presence
of Jonathan Thomas<\/b>, a Los Angeles bond financier, as chairman of the
$3 billion agency has improved things, compared to the reign of Bob
Klein<\/b>, who “built a protective shield” around the agency's
governing board and prevented action to deal with obvious
conflict-of-interest problems.<\/div>
<\/div>
The newspaper also said that “to some
extent” the agency has brought “cutting edge” scientists to the
state and helped boost the stem cell field.<\/div>
<\/div>
That was the half-full side of the
editorial. The half-empty side included the headline.<\/div>

“California
must get its stem cell house in order”<\/p><\/blockquote>

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The editorial continued:<\/div>

“...{T)he agency must prove that it
understands how to properly handle the public's money. …. If
the stem cell agency can establish a record as a good steward of
public dollars to finance brilliant science, it can continue to play
a useful role in stimulating and guiding research to bring the
potential cures from stem cell research to fruition.<\/p><\/blockquote>

“If it cannot do that, it will be
just another expensive Tyrannosaurus rex.”<\/p><\/blockquote>

Thomas and company are knocking on
editorial doors around the state in hopes of building support for the
board's modest – some might say inadequate – response<\/a> to
recommendations for sweeping changes at the agency.  <\/div>

Source:
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