Why does New Jersey need to award grants now?
Severe limits on federal funding of stem cell research are hampering the search for therapies and treatments of devastating diseases. In New Jersey, the public has joined the life sciences industry to pursue mutual goals that will benefit New Jersey patients and families. Stem cell research is one of the most rapidly moving fields in all of science and progress is not measured in terms of years – or even months. Every day, new discoveries are announced, new laboratories established and U.S. scientists recruited to other countries. New Jersey cannot afford to wait.