Assessing state stem cell programs in the United States: how has state funding affected publication trends?

Hillary B Alberta; Albert Cheng; Emily L Jackson; Matthew Pjecha; Aaron D Levine

doi:10.1016/j.stem.2015.01.007

Assessing state stem cell programs in the United States: how has state funding affected publication trends?

Cell Stem Cell. 2015 Feb 5;16(2):115-8. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2015.01.007.

Authors

Hillary B Alberta¹, Albert Cheng², Emily L Jackson³, Matthew Pjecha¹, Aaron D Levine⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
² George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA; Petit Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
³ School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
⁴ School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA; Petit Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA. Electronic address: aaron.levine@pubpolicy.gatech.edu.

PMID: 25658368
DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2015.01.007

Abstract

Several states responded to federal funding limitations placed on human embryonic stem cell research and the potential of the field by creating state stem cell funding programs, yet little is known about the impact of these programs. Here we examine how state programs have affected publication trends in four states.

MeSH terms

Embryonic Stem Cells*
Federal Government
Financing, Government / economics*
Humans
Publishing / trends*
State Government*
Stem Cell Research / economics*
Stem Cell Research / legislation & jurisprudence
United States