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Demetri called the interests of the directors of the six centers “quite complementary.” Stanford University’s Ludwig Center will focus on the role of stem cells in cancer treatment, and the Ludwig Center at Johns Hopkins will focus on the genetics of cancer...
...meeting, held at a local library in Allston, focused on the University’s plans for the Allston Science Complex, the starting point for Harvard’s expansion across the Charles. Preliminary designs for the four-building complex, which will include the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, were released in September...
...always been the case that cutting-edge academic work comes with a built-in payload of controversy, often with political implications. But unlike their colleagues who work with stem cells, social scientists who investigate things like Islamic fundamentalism, terrorism, and nuclear proliferation (not to mention a treasure trove of combinations thereof), are increasingly finding themselves looking down the barrel of the U.S. government’s homeland security apparatus...
Patrick’s plan for strategic investment in key economic growth sectors, moreover, capitalizes on Massachusetts’ unique strengths to reinvigorate the state’s sagging economy. By advocating the use of state funds to drive the expansion of stem cell research in Boston and Cambridge, support agriculture in western Massachusetts, and encourage bio-fuel manufacturing in Springfield, Patrick offers a long-awaited departure from past Republican administrations’ emphasis on cutting taxes over investing in future growth...
Eschewing the moral self-righteousness of current Mass. Governor W. Mitt Romney, Patrick has assumed bold and principled positions. This is evident not only in economic matters, noting his support of lucrative and potentially life-saving stem cell research—which Romney refused to use public money to fund—but also in his approach to gay marriage and abortion rights. Proudly pro-choice, Patrick is also a staunch supporter of equal marriage rights, including the right of out-of-state couples to marry in Massachusetts, even if their marriages will not be legitimized in their home states...