Professor Kevin Healy talks stem cell research with Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante

November 2004

Bioengineering professor Kevin Healy participated in a press conference Monday announcing UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau’s appointment to the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee. The committee is charged with overseeing the implementation of California’s new $3 billion stem cell research effort.
Chancellor Birgeneau, Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante and members of the media toured Healy’s lab in the Hearst Memorial Mining Building and discussed his research on synthetic biomaterials. Read the story at UC Berkeley’s News Center, or watch an interview with Professor Healy. More information on Dr. Healy’s research can be found on the Healy Biomaterials Group website.