Statement from Alan Trounson

Alan Trounson, Ph.D., President, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine

I urge everyone involved in stem cell research, every patient who already holds out hope that stem cells may help alleviate their suffering, and everyone who is just one diagnosis away from needing what stem cells may one day deliver, to find some way to take note of this special day. Stem cell science is advancing at as fast a pace as it is in large part because of pressure from grass roots campaigns that have created momentum to secure governments funds for the research and
challenged researchers to think differently about the pace of bringing basic discoveries to the clinic. Stem Cell Awareness Day was created as a way to spread information and excitement about this field and to fertilize those grass roots to keep the pressure on everyone to further accelerate the field. So please, get out and spread the word.

Stem Cell Awareness Day, California, USA (doc 302 KB, rtf 2.57 MB)