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Our Approach
State funds for biomedical research in regenerative medicine should not be restricted to
adult stem cell research. State funds should also be made available for embryonic stem cell
research including Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) research on embryos from fertility
clinics with parental consent for research that would otherwise be discarded. We support this
initiative with the goal of eradicating diseases, improving lives, and insuring access for all
citizens to future treatments and cures that we believe will result from this research. We do
not support human reproductive cloning. We respect differing points of view on this subject
and hope to work for a better Texas for all.
Research Timeline
State funds for biomedical research in regenerative medicine should not be restricted to
adult stem cell research. State funds should also be made available for embryonic stem cell
research including Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) research on embryos from fertility
clinics with parental consent for research that would otherwise be discarded. We support this
initiative with the goal of eradicating diseases, improving lives, and insuring access for all
citizens to future treatments and cures that we believe will result from this research. We do
not support human reproductive cloning. We respect differing points of view on this subject
and hope to work for a better Texas for all.
Research Timeline
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| Early 1891- Professor and Physician Walter Heape reported the first known case of embryo transplantation involving rabbits |
| Early 1900s- Europeans researchers realized that the various type of blood cells (white & red blood cells and platelets) all came from a particular stem cell |
| 1981- Gail Marth at the University of California, San Francisco, and Martha Evans of the University of Cambridge are the first to isolate embryonic stem cells in mice |
| 1998- Nov.- Researchers at the University of Wisconsin and John Hopkins University reports isolating human embryonic stem cells |
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