Gov. Jim Doyle today gave $1 million in state funding to a Madison-based firm headed by UW-Madison stem cell researcher James Thomson.
Doyle announced the combination of state grants and loans to Stem Cell Products, Inc., the second start-up firm headed by Thomson, at a news conference this morning.
The firm is developing the use of embryonic stem cells in producing components of human blood cells, such as platelets that assist in blood clotting.