This week Madison is playing host to the World Stem Cell Summit, and Sunday’s “Lab on the Lake” segment featured inspirational speaker Sam Schmidt, the former Indy Racing League driver who now is chairman of the Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation.
“I am really proud to be here and be a part of (the conference),” said Schmidt, who also now owns his own race team. “There is so much information here, and I am still learning every day about the research that is going on everywhere (on stem cells).”
Though stem cell research has become a hot-button issue in the political arena, there is a lot of confusion about what it really involves. To educate the public, those who are putting on the World Stem Cell Summit offered a free primer on this burgeoning area of research on Sunday. Dubbed “Lab on the Lake,” the event was open to people of all ages and interests.