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(2010-05-02)
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Sue O'Shea, co-director, A. Alfred Taubamn Medical Research Institute Consortium for Stem Cell Therapies, shows video display of embryonic stem cells under a microscope.
(photo by Steve Carmody, Michigan Radio)
Michigan Congressman Mark Schauer says the state must diversify its economy, and one way to do that is by expanding life sciences research.
Schauer will be joined by other current and former lawmakers and medical experts to talk about the possibilities.
He says it's important Michigan keep its best and brightest scientists:
"So we now are one of the international clusters for life-saving research, so we'll attract that talent, and begin to incubate the industry, to begin to commercialize life-saving cures for diseases like Parkinsons and Alzheimers," Schauer says.
In 2008, Michigan voters overturned a law that prohibited the use of human embryos for research, even if those embryos were to be discarded.
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