The Fresno Bee Editorial Board recommends the following candidates and choices for local measures and California state propositions. This list will be updated as editorials are published. Recommendations, like editorials, represent the collective opinion of The Bee’s Editorial Board. The Bee’s opinion section operates independently from the news editors and reporters. CALIFORNIA STATE PROPOSITIONS Prop.
California voters a few years ago agreed to dive into stem cell research in hopes of finding cures and treatments for 75 diseases and conditions afflicting people. Proposition 14 on the Nov. 3 ballot would keep it going. Previous funding created more than 1,000 medical projects at 70 institutions across the state. Research has saved and improved
In 2008, USC broke ground on an $80 million building dedicated solely to stem cell research and regenerative medicine. The plans called for a monolithic structure clad in black marble and reflective glass, rising five stories and enclosing nearly 90,000 square feet. When it was completed, the university had a stunning new contemporary research space
Diabetes is a constant 24/7 job. More than 3 million Californians can relate to the never-ending demands of diabetes care that impact their physical, emotional, professional and financial health. With a diabetes diagnosis, patients also face the fears and reality of serious complications that include heart disease, stroke, blindness and other serious issues, making it
Prop. 14 would allow the state to sell bonds to raise money to keep open the state’s own stem cell agency, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, established in 2006 (after the feds decided not to fund stem cell research). This new bond continues the program in the hopes of finding cures to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s,
PALO ALTO, CA – Today, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced her endorsement of Proposition 14, which will appear on California’s statewide ballot this November to give voters the opportunity to continue the advancement of stem cell research, treatments and cures for chronic diseases and conditions that could save and improve millions of
Second Vision host, Kristin Macdonald, interviews Robert Klein on Proposition 14. Listen below:
Jake Javier doesn’t remember much following the days of his accident. The Bay Area native barely remembers nearly drowning in his friend’s swimming pool in June 2016. He doesn’t recollect being airlifted to a Walnut Creek hospital, where doctors discovered that the 18-year-old had broken his neck and severely damaged his upper spinal cord. What
All of us know a family member, a friend or a loved one dealing with a chronic disease or condition — and in some instances that person may be ourselves. That was the case for me nearly two decades ago when I was diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer called myelofibrosis. Upon learning
