Posted on 05/31/2008 9:15:43 PM PDT by Sun
Four New RFAs Issued
Governor Paterson on May 8, 2008 announced the availability of $109 million in funding for stem cell research initiatives, with the issuance of four new Requests for Applications.
excerpt http://stemcell.ny.gov/about_NYSTEM_staff.html
(Excerpt) Read more at stemcell.ny.gov ...
NYSTEM program staff are drawn from the Department of Health's Wadsworth Center laboratories and work to administer and advance the agenda of the Empire State Stem Cell Board.
Lawrence S. Sturman, M.D., Ph.D. Executive Director 518-474-7592
Jill Taylor, Ph.D. Deputy Director 518-474-7592
Judy Doesschate Director of Board Operations and Executive Secretary to the Board 518-474-1151
David Anders, Ph.D. Scientific Officer anders@wadsworth.org
Marti McHugh Program Development Officer 518-486-2893
Bonnie Jo Brautigam Director of Grants Administration 518- 473-5217 nystemgrants@wadsworth.org
FYI
If anyone has a ping list for New York State, will you please ping?
bttt
GOVERNOR PATERSON ANNOUNCES NEARLY $109 MILLION IN NEW STEM CELL RESEARCH FUNDING
Funds Represent Next Round in 11-Year, $600-Million Stem Cell Research Initiative
Requests for Applications (RFAs) to Access the Funding will be Issued Today
Governor David A. Paterson today announced that nearly $109 million in new state funding is being made available to support stem cell research initiatives in New York. The nearly $109 million represents the second round of available funding from the state’s 11-year, $600 million stem cell research initiative that was approved as part of last year’s state budget. Four Requests for Applications (RFAs) issued today invite proposals from in-state research institutions for stem cell research activities that encourage collaborations among scientists, facilitate the acquisition and development of specialized equipment, and support researcher-initiated and targeted stem cell research.
“This new funding will strengthen and revitalize New York’s biomedical research industry and potentially help thousands of New Yorkers who suffer debilitating diseases, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, diabetes and cancer,” said Governor Paterson who played a leading role in the development and implementation of the state’s stem cell initiative while he was Lieutenant Governor. The first awards – totaling nearly $15 million – were made to 25 research institutions in January. Those grants focused on increasing the capacity of research institutions in New York State to engage in stem cell research.
New York State Health Commissioner Richard F. Daines, M.D., who serves as Chair of the Empire State Stem Cell Board, said: “The research funded by this initiative offers the promise of new treatments, therapies and even cures for some of the most serious diseases. This funding will also provide an economic stimulus to New York’s biomedical industry at a time when funding from the National Institutes of Health has not kept up with the need.” Nobel Laureate Harold Varmus, M.D., President of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and a member of the Empire State Stem Cell Board, said: “Human embryonic stem cells offer an unprecedented opportunity to study all aspects of human development. Advances in the understanding of fundamental biology will likely take us to unimagined realms of understanding and public health applications.”
The majority of New Yorkers support embryonic stem cell research, as demonstrated by a 2006 Zogby International poll which found that 84 percent of New Yorkers support embryonic stem cell research. Nearly 70 percent of those polled expressed support for state funding as a way of countering President Bush’s policy restricting federal funding to research that only uses human embryonic stem cell lines in existence as of August 9, 2001. The grants supported by the $109 million are projected to be awarded in October 2008. With this funding, New York's investment in stem cell science will be surpassed only by the state of California, which started its stem cell program four years earlier.
The new RFAs seek proposals to broadly stimulate stem cell research through:
Letters of intent for all the RFAs are due May 28, 2008, with applications due June 30, 2008. The full Requests for Applications can be found on the state Department of Health’s website (www.nyhealth.gov/funding ) and on the NYSTEM website(www.stemcell.ny.gov/research_support.htm l).
The state's stem cell initiative is administered by the Department of Health through the New York State Stem Cell Science/NYSTEM program under the direction of the Empire State Stem Cell Board. All research funded by the state must adhere to the guidelines of the National Academies for Science (NAS) Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research or those of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR). New York’s legislation expressly forbids the use of state funding for human reproductive cloning.
THANX, Coleus!
Current Stem Cell Treatments
ADULT Stem Cells v. EMBRYONIC Stem Cells
ADULT Stem Cells
Cancers:
Brain Cancer
Retinoblastoma
Ovarian Cancer
Skin Cancer: Merkel Cell Carcinoma
Testicular Cancer
Tumors abdominal organs Lymphoma
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia
Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia
Cancer of the lymph nodes: Angioimmunoblastic Lymphadenopathy
Multiple Myeloma
Myelodysplasia
Breast Cancer
Neuroblastoma
Renal Cell Carcinoma
Various Solid Tumors
Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Ewing’s Sarcoma
Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
POEMS syndrome
Myelofibrosis
Auto-Immune Diseases
Systemic Lupus
Sjogren’s Syndrome
Myasthenia
Autoimmune Cytopenia
Scleromyxedema
Scleroderma
Crohn’s Disease
Behcet’s Disease
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Juvenile Arthritis
Multiple Sclerosis
Polychondritis
Systemic Vasculitis
Alopecia Universalis
Buerger’s Disease
Cardiovascular
Acute Heart Damage
Chronic Coronary Artery Disease
Ocular
Corneal regeneration
Immunodeficiencies
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome
X-linked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome
X-linked Hyper immunoglobulin M Syndrome
Neural Degenerative Diseases and Injuries
Parkinson’s Disease
Spinal Cord Injury
Stroke Damage
Anemias and Other Blood Conditions
Sickle Cell Anemia
Sideroblastic Anemia
Aplastic Anemia
Red Cell Aplasia
Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia
Thalassemia
Primary Amyloidosis
Diamond Blackfan Anemia
Fanconi’s Anemia
Chronic Epstein-Barr Infection
Wounds and Injuries
Limb Gangrene
Surface Wound Healing
Jawbone Replacement
Skull Bone Repair
Other Metabolic Disorders
Hurler’s Syndrome
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Krabbe Leukodystrophy
Osteopetrosis
Cerebral X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy
Liver Disease
Chronic Liver Failure
Liver Cirrhosis
Bladder Disease
End-Stage Bladder Disease
EMBRYONIC Stem Cells
NONE!!!!!
http://www.stemcellresearch.org/facts/treatments.htm
====> So besides using New York State taxpayer dollars to do something UNETHICAL, embryonic stem cells do not work!!
ATTN: NYS FReepers.
There was an online form to be filled out for NYers to voice their opinions, but I haven’t been able to access it for days. Looks like they don’t want our opinions, after they thought about it.
Doesn’t that make you mad?
That’s why we need to contact one or more of the contacts in Coleus’s post #5, or my post #1.
Tell them we say NO! to EMBRYONIC stem cell research.
1) It’s IMMORAL, the killing of innocent life!!
2) It’s costly, and NYS is supposed to be broke - and they want to spend your tax dollars on a pie-in-the-sky treatment.
Another dead-soul liberal at work. ‘And in these days there is no King (no Lord) in Israel (in the human soul/heart), so everyman (several governors now) does what is right in his own eyes (as Satan directs with his inveigling evil).’
I included 3 contact forms in my post.
“I included 3 contact forms in my post.”
Thank you.
There was a specific form that was for reporting our views on stem cells, but I think they took it down, or it is out of order. Hopefully it crashed, because they got so many negative responses.
Anyway, my husband and I each wrote personal notes, as well as contacts by internet.
Thanks again Coleus.
I finally got the link that I was talking about from my sister (who I also got to contact them). I couldn’t even seem to find it in my history.
So, here’s the link, and an excerpt, and it is still down:
“Comments will be accepted until June 13, 2008.
The ESSCB Strategic Plan Comment Form is temporarily unavailable but will be restored in the near future, or send written comments to:
Judy Doesschate, J.D.
Director of Board Operations
Wadsworth Center
New York State Department of Health
Empire State Plaza, Box 509
Albany, NY 12208-0509”
http://stemcell.ny.gov/plan_comment_form.php
So hubby and I sent written comments, plus sent comments to others.
Hey, everybody. Looks like this is the official form, for folks who don’t like to write:
“ESSCB Strategic Plan:
Submit A Comment
Comments will be accepted until June 20, 2008. Use the form below to submit brief comments electronically, or send written comments to: Judy Doesschate, J.D. Director of Board Operations Wadsworth Center New York State Department of Health Empire State Plaza, Box 509 Albany, NY 12208-0509”
http://stemcell.ny.gov/plan_comment_form.php?form_request=yes
Just click the link to submit your comment.
bttt and a ping.
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