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Discovery Institute well worth the cost

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Gov. Jim Doyle is seeking $19 million in his state budget for a project that, by comparison to its cost, has the potential for a gigantic payback.

The $19 million would help build the first phase of the Wisconsin Institute of Discovery, an ambitious research center for biotechnology that would rise on the UW-Madison campus over the next 10 years.

Some people think their very lives might be riding on this project. That’s because stem cell research at the institute could someday help cure diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

Discovery Institute well worth the cost (WSJ, 3/25/05)

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Gov. Jim Doyle is seeking $19 million in his state budget that for a project that, by comparison to its cost, has the potential for a gigantic payback.

The $19 million would help build the first phase of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, an ambitious research center for biotechnology that would rise on the UW-Madison campus over the next 10 years.