Stem Cell Limitations in Missouri

Stem Cell Limitations in Missouri

The Jefferson City News Tribune reported today (an AP story) that the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, which is located in Kansas City, is sending funding out of state for hESC research. The Institute has created a separate entity, the Stowers Medical Institute, to perform the research. One of the scientists at the new Institute was quoted as saying that he considered moving to Missouri but decided not to because the of the possibility that his research might later be criminalized. He is presently based at Harvard.

See “Stem Cells May be on Missouri Ballot,” posted on this blog on 10/11/05 and “Missouri Governor Supports Embryonic Stem Cell Research,” 10/26/05, for more on the current situation in Missouri.