Prop14 California Propositions with Regina Wilson and Sebastian Ridley Thomas
Channel: Coalition of Black Excellence
Date: 12/10/2020

In the Coalition of Black Excellence (CBE) Politics Remixed Series, Regina Brown Wilson, Executive Director of California Black Media interviews Sebastian Ridley-Thomas, an American politician on healthcare investment and treatment.

Ridley-Thomas talks about the authorization of bonds for stem cell and other medical research and its impact on African-Americans in the state and the ban enacted by congressional Republicans in 2004 on federal funds being used for stem cell research. Ridley-Thomas explains how systems have been able to have funding to drive innovation, a move that led to the establishment of California Institute of Regenerative Medicine. He also gives examples of the achievements of stem cell use in the Black community, such as for sickle cell, parkinson's treatment, and management of cardiovascular diseases.

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