Americans For Cures Foundation

Programs: Two individuals provided technically correct scientific and biological information to states facing "personhood" measures which might have devastated stem cell research. Two individuals attended and participated in numerous public meetings of the independent citizens oversight committee of that effort. One individual served as a resource to provide information on national and international matters of intellectual property for biomedicine. Two individuals developed digital strategies and conducted social media outreach to increase public awareness of stem cell research progress. Three individuals organized and performed outreach efforts to patient advocate groups in an attempt to gauge their current involvement and interest in stem cell research. Two individuals tracked clinical trials involvement of california stem cell program-supported scientists. One individual developed numerous human interest stories with a stem cell research background, illustratiing scientific priniciples involved. Two individuals attended the world stem cell summit in san antonio, texas. Robert n. Klein ii is the former chairman of the california institute for regenerative medicine. Robert klein was nominated for the 2015 lasker public service award, considered the "american nobel prize". Robert klein is a board member of the isscr global advisory board, and participated in the isscr annual meeting in vancouver, as did two other members. Robert klein is a board member of the ontario institute for cancer research, a canadian non-profit organization for cancer research, affiliated with the university of toronto.