stem-cell research

COHEN STATEMENT ON WORLD-CLASS STEM CELL RESEARCH FACILITY GROUNDBREAKING

Lawmaker Says Facility Will Unlock Keys to Lifesaving Treatments, Boost State Economy

(TRENTON) - Assembly Deputy Speaker Neil Cohen, a prominent supporter of stem-cell research and lead Assembly sponsor of the law creating world-class stem cell research facilities in New Jersey, today issued the following statement on the groundbreaking for the Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey in New Brunswick:

COHEN ASSAILS RIGHT-TO-LIFE’S ATTEMPT TO BLOCK STEM-CELL RESEARCH

(ROSELLE) – Assembly Deputy Speaker Neil M. Cohen today called for Democrats and Republicans to join hands in fighting the New Jersey        Right-to-Life’s lawsuit seeking to block this year’s ballot referendum asking voter approval for a proposed $450 million stem cell research bond fund.

ASSEMBLY PASSES COHEN/McKEON/VOSS/PANTER 'NEW JERSEY STEM CELL RESEARCH BOND ACT'

Measure Would Authorize a $450 Million Bond Initiative to Fund Stem Cell Research Over 10 Years

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assembly members Neil M. Cohen, John F. McKeon, Joan Voss, and Mike Panter sponsored to authorize the sale of $450 million in general obligation bonds for the purpose of supporting stem cell research in New Jersey passed today in the General Assembly, one day after President Bush used his third presidential veto to stop embryonic stem-cell research at the federal level.