“The Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Act” AND UC System Versus Elsevier

We continue to rethink the plastic proposition with Nick Lapis, Director of Advocacy for Californians Against Waste; taking up CA SB 54 and CA AB 1080; The Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Act. As the CA Legislative session winds down, details are available at: https://camustlead.org/ and https://www.cawrecycles.org/.

In the second segment (minute 26:17), Dr. Brian Cummings, Professor and Vice-Chair for Research at Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at UCI’s School of Medicine; speaks truth to a powerful publishing house, Elsevier, about open access to all that research academics do. In case future developments do not get their due in mainstream media, essential information is available at: http://stemcell.uci.edu/ and https://www.change.org/p/elsevier-boycott-elsevier-and-support-affordable-open-access-scholarly-publishing.

Stem Cells Unplugged

UCI Professors Aileen Anderson and Brian Cummings lead us through neuro biology, explain the small business aspect of financing sustained research, and wrap our minds around the complexity of stem cell therapy in patients with chronic spinal cord injury in their trial underway in Switzerland. This show is dedicated to the memory of Aileen’s mother, Mary Anderson. http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/984/AndersonCummings.mp3.