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Utah Bill Would Offer Parents Choice Of Two Sex Education Options
A bill (H.B. 189) before the Utah Legislature"s Health and Human Services Interim Committee would allow parents to choose between two sex education curriculums, the Salt Lake City Deseret News reports. The first curriculum would be "abstinence-based and teach strategies for waiting until marriage but also offer information about issues such as sexually transmitted" infections. The "other class would emphasize abstinence but also offer facts," including STI prevention and contraceptive options.State Rep. Lynn Hemingway (D), who proposed the bill, cited data from the state Department of Health showing that 4,356 young women became pregnant in 2007 and that there were 1,805 reported cases of chlamydia among girls ages 15 to 19 in 2008, an increase from 1,332 in 2005. Hemingway said, "These numbers are frightening. This isn"t a moral issue anymore. This is a health issue." Hemingway"s bill is modeled after similar legislation under consideration in North Carolina.According to the Deseret News, the state Office of Education"s rule on sex education currently states that educators are allowed to instruct on contraception options if they have parental consent. Some advocates, policymakers and teens argue that students are receiving inadequate sex education because instructors are leaving out important information over concern that they will be accused of advocating sex. Hemingway"s bill allows instructors to provide information on contraception "without fear of reprimand," according to the Desert News (Stewart, Salt Lake City Deseret News, 6/18).
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More Camden, N.J., Residents Using Needle Exchange Programs
A pilot needle exchange program in Camden, N.J., - one of four in the state - "was off to a slow start" when it began 18 months ago, but "now, 976 drug users have registered with the program - more people than those at the other pilot sites in Atlantic City, Newark or Paterson," the Cherry Hill Courier-Post reports. "In Camden, 854 people are living with HIV/AIDS, the eighth-highest number among New Jersey municipalities, according to the latest data from the state Department of Health and Senior Services. About a third of them were infected by dirty needles," the Courier-Post reports. Bob Baxter, who oversees Newark"s program, said needle exchanges provide "the most immediate benefit at the cheapest cost," in reducing the spread of blood-borne diseases. "While there"s no way to count the number of people who are no longer sharing needles because of the program, organizers say they hope to see their success correlate to lowered communicable disease rates," the article states (Hirsch, 7/20).
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Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission Announces 59 Projects For Funding

The Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission (Commission) has completed its evaluation of the 147 applications in response to its three official Requests for Applications (RFAs). The board of directors of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) reviewed the Commission"s recommendations today and approved 59 projects totaling $18.9 million in funding through the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (MSCRF) under the Maryland Stem Cell Research Act of 2006. This year"s grant awards went half to the Investigator-Initiated projects and the rest to the Exploratory and Fellowship awards. Awards this year also bring in collaboration from the University of Pennsylvania, The Scripps Research Institute, University of Newcastle, NIH, and cross campus collaboration within Maryland"s public and private research institutions. "The increased interest in Maryland"s leading stem cell research program is a testament to Maryland"s status as a national leader in the life sciences industry," said Governor Martin O"Malley. "Our stem cell research program has become one of the most highly regarded programs in the country through the work of talented and determined researchers and individuals who believe that stem cells hold the future for medicinal breakthroughs and treatment. I commend the Commission for a job well done and greatly look forward to the advancements that will result from this funding." This year"s projects recommended for funding include: - 6 applications for RFA-MD-09-1 (Investigator-Initiated Research Grants) - These grants are designed for investigators with preliminary data supporting the grant application. These grants are up to five years and $300,000 per year. - 32 applications for RFA-MD-09-2 (Exploratory Research Grants) - These grants are designed for investigators who are new to the stem cell field (new investigators and investigators from other fields), and for new hypotheses, approaches, mechanisms or models that may differ from current thinking in the stem cell field. These grants are for up to two years and $100,000 per year. - 21 applications for RFA-MD-09-03 (Post-Doctoral Fellowship Research Grants) - These grants are for post-doctoral fellows who wish to conduct basic and/or translational research on all types of human stem cells in Maryland. These grants are for up to two years and $55,000 per year. For a complete list of the names of the Principal Investigators, the title of each project and the institution at which the Principal Investor works, please visit here. Grants awarded from the MSCRF are contingent upon the Principal Investigator having obtained all applicable ethical approvals to conduct the research and having signed an agreement with TEDCO setting forth the scope of each project and the requirements for sharing of any new cells lines and publication of results. "The Commission was very impressed not only by the quantity of applications received this funding cycle, but by the overall quality of submissions for these important research grants said Karen Rothenberg, chair of the Commission. "The ultimate decision regarding which applications showed the most potential, promise and scientific merit was a difficult one and one that was made more complex when faced with the fiscal limitations of the allotted funding. With that said, we are very pleased by the abundance of collaborative research that is going to be performed through these grants and applaud the awardees for their team-based approach to advancing stem cell research in the state of Maryland." Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission


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