MADISON â?? No one has to tell Jim Leonhart that Wisconsin is the stem cell state.
As head of the Wisconsin Biomedical and Medical Device Association, heâ??s watched â?? with keen interest – scientific breakthroughs by UW researchers and the launching of five stem cell companies.
â??The commercialization of that research is just starting to have an impact now,â? argues Leonhart, who says his sentiment was reinforced when Gov. Jim Doyle announced in March that Madison would host the 2008 World Stem Cell Summit.