SD measure would ease stem cell research limits
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Associated Press: A proposed ballot issue to ease restrictions on stem cell research will strike a chord with South Dakotans because nearly everyone has had a serious disease or knows someone who has, according to former state Treasurer David Volk, himself a cancer survivor. "It a fight worth fighting," he said of the effort to place the measure on the 2010 general election ballot. Volk, of Sioux Falls, heads a group called South Dakotans for Lifesaving Cures. He says the state's ban on research involving embryonic stem cells should be thrown out so more work can be done to help find cures and treatment for cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's and other diseases. "I'm convinced stem cell research down the road can be the cure and a treatment of some of the greatest scourges that have plagued humankind," Volk said. The group recently got suggestions from the Legislative Research Bureau on technical changes in the wording of the proposed law. Once the final version is filed with the secretary of state's office, the group will have until April 6 to get the 16,776 valid signatures required to put the measure to a statewide public vote in November 2010.
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