1. FUNDING FOR STEM CELLS
Alison DiGennaro
Stephanie Tseng
Erik Sneckenburg
Jasmine Adams

2.  Alison DiGennaro
 Introduction and Conclusion
 Stephanie Tseng
 Economy
 Erik Sneckenburg
 Diseases and Disorders
 Jasmine Adams
 U.S. become a leader in Research

3. CLASS SURVEY
Have you ever watched someone you know
fight cancer?
Yes
No

4. CLASS SURVEY CONT.
Was this person a loved one?
Yes
No

5. INCREASED FEDERAL FUNDING
 The federal government should increase the money
they give to the National Institute of Health to be
delegated to researchers.
 Private sectors do not enthusiastically invest in
high-risk researches

6. ECONOMIC BENEFITS
 Create jobs
 Economic stimulus (private & public sectors)
 Fiscal benefits to the state’s GDP

7. PLAN OF ACTION
 Start locally, state legislature and private funding.
 Provide broad-based education about regenerative
medicine
 Introduce and support policies
 Coalesce multiple, diverse stakeholders to ensure
the healthcare system supports ready access to
regenerative medicine products

8. PHARMACOECONOMICS
 AKA health economics
 A collection of descriptive and analytic techniques
for evaluating pharmaceutical interventions in the
health care system.
 Including cost
minimization, effectiveness, utility, benefits, consequenc
es, and cost of illness.

9. UNITED STATES VS SOVIET UNION

10. MORE MONEY, MORE DEVELOPMENTS
 Growth of both sciences and healthcare
 New developed procedures and technologies to
understand human processes
 BRAIN Initiative
 Skin cell gun

12. PROMOTES EDUCATION
 US math and science scores don’t compete
 Education budget cuts
 Remaining stagnant can lead to greater problems

13. THE DEBATE
Concerns:
 Could lead to cloning
 Abuse of power or having a god
complex
Opposition:
 Saves lives
 Better quality of life
 We vaccinate for things every day

14. MR. BEYENE
(Fountain)