The state invests public dollars in one thing or another every day. But last week, it invested $1 million in its future.
Like any other investment, this one may not pan out. But if it does, it could yield huge dividends, both in economic development and in healing.
This investment is in a small Madison company called Stem Cell Products Inc., founded by embryonic stem cell pioneer James Thomson and two of his University of Wisconsin-Madison colleagues. Being in the right place at the right time can mean everything in business, and Stem Cell Products may soon find itself in that enviable position.