Democratic state legislators Thursday introduced a resolution commending the recent development of new stem cell lines at the UW-Madison and announced that they are sending a letter to President Bush asking that those lines be made eligible for federal funding.
The proposed Senate Joint Resolution commends Professor James Thomson and the University of Wisconsin-Madison on the creation of two new lines that are free of non-human nutrients and materials, providing additional potential for developing treatments for life-threatening diseases.
The resolution also states that the Legislature fully supports human stem cell research.