Stem Cell Sanity in Delaware

Last year, just about this time, I did a Press Briefing on the steps of the Senate building in Annapolis Maryland on a stem cell bill. This is good news coming out of Delaware on a similar bill. Where the bill had died and the representative had threatened to reintroduce it. However, in light of the Yamanaka iPSC breakthrough, the decision was made to learn more about this research.

How refreshingly thoughtful!

Rep. Melanie Marshall, the Rep. behind this bill has, "decided not to resurrect the bill because of groundbreaking research results that were announced in November. In two separate studies, researchers were able to use adult skin cells to produce what were essentially the equivalent of embryonic stem cells -- without destroying an egg or an embryo.

"We've decided to back down from trying to run the bill this year. We want to learn a bit more about the new research that has come out, and that will ultimately inform our final decision in the future," Marshall said."