"We've declared 2009 the Year of Stem Cell Research as the basis for our programming's science content," added Springmann. "In fact, we're starting early, with two shows in October 2008, as we feel a sense of urgency to get these important stories out to our audience."

 

"Alan Trounson is the President of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine, and we're committed to featuring CIRM's visionary work and funding initiatives," said Springmann. "When our colleagues at the Wall Street Journal headlined 'Stem Cells' New Sugar Daddy,' we jumped on the story and immediately scheduled an interview with Dr. Trounson and Dr. Catriona Jamieson, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Diego Medical Center, whose work is funded in part by CIRM," said Springmann.

 

According to WSJ Science Journal writer Robert Lee Hotz, "Alan Trounson, a pioneering Australian embryologist, is conducting what may be the world's most ambitious experiment in public funding for science: California's voter-approved $3 billion speculative venture in human stem-cell research.

 

"California is the first state in the U.S. to use public bonds to fund such critical experiments. Whether or not researchers can deliver hoped-for treatments of several chronic diseases, they have already transformed how controversial biomedical research is sustained.

 

"Aiming to shape the future of medicine, Dr. Trounson and his colleagues at the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine struggle daily with the ethical and political challenge of funding human-embryo research the federal government has largely shunned."

 

Life Love & Health, America's most listened-to daily 90-second health, prevention and wellness program, reaches over 6.4 million listeners on SIRIUS XM, CNN, Fox, ESPN; multiple Public Radio affiliates; in-store radio in 3200+ retail locations; HealthRadio.net; plus the Voice of America and American Forces Network.

 

About On the Path Productions

 

On the Path Productions LLC (OPP), founded by radio personality and motivational speaker Christopher Springmann, produces popular radio broadcasts including Life Love & Health and Body Language as well as custom webcasts and house-branded newsmagazines, focused on health and lifestyle issues. Sponsored and underwritten by leading brands, trade associations, foundations and healthcare organizations, OPP's 800+ radio shows have reached millions of consumers, opinion leaders, policy makers and healthcare influencers via satellite radio, public radio affiliates and major retail in-store radio; New Media distribution including HealthRadio.net; plus the Voice of America and American Forces Network. For more information about On the Path Productions, visit www.onthepathproductions.com.

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