A new television ad in the governor?s race by Democrat Tom Barrett gives the impression that Republican Scott Walker wants to ban all stem cell research in Wisconsin, even though he only opposes research involving embryos. In the new Barrett ad that began airing across the state Thursday, the mother of a child with juvenile diabetes speaks directly to the camera and says, “Scott Walker says he would ban stem cell research in Wisconsin. That?s right, ban it.” Embryonic stem cell research was pioneered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1998, leading to the creation of a number of university subsidiaries and local private companies.
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