News and Information About GA Senate Bill 148, the `Saving the Cure` Act
Published in the Gwinnett Daily Post
May 31, 2007
A Gwinnettian got a treat last week, when he attended a bill-signing ceremony with Gov. Sonny Perdue.
Last week, the governor signed Senate Bill 148, the Saving the Cure Act, which promotes nondestructive stem cell research involving stem cells from postnatal and other nonembryonic sources.
The bill-signing ceremony was attended [...]
Posted on June 1st, 2007 by admin
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Georgia’s stem cell policy may end up following the lead of a federal policy working its way through Congress now if a compromise deal in the offing pans out.Georgia Senate Bill 148, which would set up a public network of stem cell storage banks that people could access for cutting edge treatments of disease, has [...]
Posted on April 12th, 2007 by admin
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Published in the Chattanooga Times Free Press
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
By Matt Wilson, Staff Writer
ATLANTA — The Georgia Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would clear the way for a blood bank and commission for stem cell research in Georgia, but excludes controversial embryonic stem cells from study in those institutions.
“My bill is designed to do [...]
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 by admin
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Published in The Macon Telegraph
March 21, 2007
By Travis Fain
ATLANTA – Legislation to create a network of blood banks to store stem cells from umbilical cord blood and other postnatal fluid passed the Georgia Senate on Tuesday.
Senate Bill 148 passed 39-15 after surviving an effort to remove language that detractors said discourages more controversial research into [...]
Posted on March 21st, 2007 by admin
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Published in the Augusta Chronicle, Savannah Morning News and Times-Union
March 18, 2007
The ‘Saving the Cure Act’ focuses on post-birth cells
By Vicky Eckenrode, Morris News Service
ATLANTA – A proposal to create a statewide stem-cell collection system for clinical treatments and disease research is moving ahead in the Legislature, with a Senate vote expected by month’s end.
Because [...]
Posted on March 18th, 2007 by admin
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