Stem Cell Institute launched Archived article from May 31, 2004   Photo courtesy of UMDNJ Gov. James E. McGreevey holds an agreement allowing for the creation of the Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey at a May 12 forum held at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. The institute, operated by Rutgers and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), is the first state-supported research facility of its kind. President Richard L. McCormick and UMDNJ President Stuart Cook are to the governor's right. To his left are spinal cord injury patients and their families. Proponents of controversial stem cell research say the studies hold promise for finding treatments for spinal cord injuries as well as Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, heart disease and cancer. "Stem cells offer us an opportunity to alleviate human suffering on a grand scale," said Wise Young, chair of the department of cell biology and neuroscience. Young and Ira Black, chair of neuroscience and cell biology at UMDNJ, are working closely together to ensure the institute's success. Return to the May 31, 2004 issue

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