Posted on November 1st, 2003 by admin
Texans for Advancement of Medical Research (TAMR) is an organization of scientists, physicians, ethicists, leading health groups, and individuals who support biomedical research in Regenerative Medicine for the express purpose of curing diseases and alleviating suffering.
For Texas to maintain leadership in medical research, it is imperative that TAMR continue to exist until there is no longer a threat to science, and the physical health of the citizens of Texas and the economic health of Texas is assured.
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Posted on February 2nd, 2010 by admin
Friday January 29, 2010 NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins approved the recommendation of the Director’s Advisory Committee to approve WiCell’s H1 embryonic stem cell line for inclusion in the NIH Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry. This is the first line from the Bush-era approved for federal funding under the new NIH Guidelines. Forty-three lines are now listed.
For more information see the NIH website
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Posted on April 21st, 2009 by admin
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Posted on April 20th, 2009 by admin
The Texas Medical Association calls for a reasonable Texas state policy on stem cell research. The position encourages sound and ethical scientific principles and will be of great economic and medical benefit to the state and its citizens.
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Posted on April 19th, 2009 by admin
Compromise – Texas House of Representatives agree not to force a vote on embryonic stem cell research leaving the rider on the Senate version to be settled in conference committee.
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Posted on April 18th, 2009 by admin
International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) member explains why Texas must not be hampered in its ability to do ethical stem cell research of all kinds.
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Posted on April 18th, 2009 by admin
Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research statement regarding NIH draft of regulations for NIH funded embryonic stem cell research.
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Posted on April 14th, 2009 by admin
Unlike Texas, many other states are making strong commitments to stem-cell research, not only to improve public health but also to capitalize on its economic development potential.
Institutions in California, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Wisconsin have been the leaders in this field, in part because of state laws that ensure the legality of embryonic stem-cell research
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Posted on April 11th, 2009 by admin
Senator Steve Ogden will try anything to shut down embryonic research in Texas!
Target of the group’s suspicions is Senate Finance Committee Chairman Steve Ogden, R-Bryan. Last month, with only hours’ notice to colleagues, Ogden guided through his committee a budget provision prohibiting use of state budget funds on research that involves destruction of human embryos.
Ogden has also authored SB 1695, a bill that goes even further. It bars embryonic stem cell research in any state-supported facilities – even if scientists tap only federal and private grants for salaries and expenses.
“That would pretty much shut her down in Texas,“ Ogden said Thursday, after a five-hour committee hearing.
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Posted on April 11th, 2009 by admin
Two Separate Studies Suggest Startling Possibilities
Taking two different approaches but coming up with similar results, researchers in Wisconsin and Japan have used human skin to derive cells with properties remarkably similar to those of embryonic stem cells, the gold standard of stem cell-based regenerative medicine.
The Wisconsin research team genetically reprogrammed human skin cells to create cells indistinguishable from embryonic stem cells.
In Japan, scientists used a chemical cocktail comprising only four ingredients to transform adult human skin cells into cells that resemble, but are not identical to, embryonic stem cells.
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Posted on April 10th, 2009 by admin
By injecting an amendment into the Texas Senate budget bill to ban state funding for stem cell research that involves the destruction of a human embryo, Finance Committee Chairman Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, has provided a textbook example of how powerful elected officials can end-run democratic processes to suit their own ideological agendas.
Passed with scant discussion by Ogden’s committee 6-5, the budget bill includes a rider that if allowed to become law, will inflict serious damage to efforts to boost regenerative medicine research in Texas, particularly at state institutions, including the University of Texas
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Read a moving account of Senator Hatch’s long and inspiring search
concerning his decision to support stem cell research from his book, 
The "Right to Recover" by Yvonne Perry highlights TAMR's accomplishments in Texas. Click the picture to read the excerpt and to listen to the companion song.