This clip features a discussion with John M. Simpson, Stem Cell Project Director, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, a Santa Monica, California-based consumer advocacy group, about creating a public corporation to handle the commercialization of any discoveries made with $3 billion in Proposition 71 research money, with almost all the profits going to the California State General Fund.
Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights Stem Cell Project Director John M. Simpson reads his op-ed entitled "Taxpayers must benefit from stem-cell research" and is interviewed about who'll benefit from the taxpayer-funded embryonic stem cell research funded by California voters through Proposition 71.
Russell Korobkin, professor of law at UCLA, and senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Society and Genetics, elaborates on his recent "The stem cell initiative, sabotaged"/"An abusive stem-cell lawsuit" op-ed pieces in the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle and addresses the question of how an "Independent" Citizens' Oversight Committee can be under the "exclusive management and control" of the State of California
Life Legal Defense Foundation Executive Director and anti-Proposition 71 lawsuit attorney Dana Cody talks about the case against the California stem cell project
Amber & Mike chat about Wikipedia, online photo albums, Fido's cell phone, and Skype 2.0. Jeff reviews five terrific tech toys and we hand out our web picks of the week. Running time: 14:35
Amber & Mike chat about Wikipedia, online photo albums, Fido's cell phone, and Skype 2.0. Jeff reviews five terrific tech toys and we hand out our web picks of the week. Running time: 14:35
