WASHINGTON – At the Senate’s first hearing Wednesday on a bill that would expand embryonic stem cell research, Dr. Su-Chun Zhang of the University of Wisconsin-Madison spoke in support of the measure, saying the United States was first to conduct breakthrough research on embryonic stem cells and shouldn’t be left behind.
“We Americans actually led the world by first establishing this human embryonic stem cell work. We should not be left out,” Zhang told the Senate Aging Committee. “The senators won’t let us down in leading the world in this area of promising research, which includes saving lives for all Americans.”
Zhang is a colleague of Dr. James Thomson, noted for founding the field of stem cell research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.