In September of 2015, The largest publicly available STEM CELLS bank in the world has opened for business at the BUCK Institute for Research on Aging in NOVATO (pizzagate)

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WWWTTTFFFF???? STEM CELLS PEOPLE!!!

Related to PG as stem cells are a possible harvest from trafficking victims, and the location of the facility in Novato.

9/1/15 http://archive.is/nGKHm

The largest publicly available stem cell bank in the world has opened for business at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato.

“We’re excited to see the project moving to this stage,” said Brian Kennedy, the Buck Institute’s president and chief executive. “We think it is an important mission to create these banks. It’s going to be extremely valuable for scientists in the stem field and regenerative medicine, including probably our scientists.”

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine awarded Wisconsin-based Cellular Dynamics International and New Jersey-based Coriell Institute for Medical Research about $26 million to establish and run the stem cell bank. Both organizations pay rent to the Buck Institute and have staff working on the institute’s Novato campus.

The bank is stocked with 300 stem cell lines. Stem cells are seen as a possible regenerative therapy and as a means of generating human tissue for the testing of drug treatments. Embryonic stem cells have the potential to develop into any cell type in the body: neurons, heart muscle, skin, liver or kidneys.

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) was created soon after then-President George W. Bush placed strictures on embryonic stem cell research due to moral and ethical concerns. However, the Buck Institute won’t be banking embryonic stem cells.

The stem cell bank at the Buck will house induced pluripotent stem cells. Like embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells have the potential to be reprogrammed into any cell type in the human body. But pluripotent stem cells don’t have to be harvested from embryos; they are mature cells, like blood or skin cells, that have been converted to an embryonic-like state.

Tissue samples will be collected from 3,000 volunteer donors by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, U.C. San Diego, U.C. Los Angeles and Stanford University.

Samples will be taken from patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, autism spectrum disorders, liver diseases, cardiovascular diseases, neurodevelopment disabilities, diseases of the eye or respiratory diseases. Cellular Dynamics International will convert the tissue into stem cell lines at the Buck Institute.

Kaz Hirao, Cellular Dynamics’ chief executive, said pluripotent stem cells “are proving to be powerful tools for disease modeling, drug discovery and the development of cell therapies, capturing human disease and individual genetic variability in ways that are not possible with other cellular models.”

tem cells will make it easier and faster for drug companies to test new drugs for side effects. Currently, extensive testing is done on animals before drugs are given to people, which is a long and costly process. The ideal solution is to test drugs on human cells without risking human health. Since the most common drug side effects occur in the liver, kidney and heart, stem cells can be used to create those tissues for testing use.

The Coriell Institute will manage the biospecimen collection at the Buck and distribute the samples to labs worldwide.

Kennedy said, “They’re kept in liquid nitrogen stock so they’re kept very, very cold.”

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Littleredcorvette ago

And other assorted news stories of interest from Novato

7/3/15 http://archive.is/ONWZo

A Novato High School track and field coach was arrested Thursday on suspicion of sexual relations with a 17-year-old girl, a former student at the school.

Steven Deschler, 64, was taken into custody at 11:25 p.m. minutes after he and his wife stepped off a plane at Oakland International Airport following a visit to Hawaii.

During a press conference Friday morning, Marin County Sheriff’s Lt. Doug Pittman said investigators immediately separated the couple so the wife could be questioned alone.

“The arrest totally caught her off guard. She was visibly shaken at the time,” Pittman said. “It appears to us at this point that this is new information to her, and she needs to process it all.”

Deschler was booked early Friday morning at the Marin County Jail on suspicion of oral copulation with a minor, sexual penetration of a minor, communicating with a minor with intent to commit a specified sex offense, and arranging a meeting and then meeting with a minor for the purpose of engaging in lewd and lascivious conduct.

Deschler was released Friday morning on $100,000 bail. He could not be reached for comment.

9/7/2015 http://archive.is/R4pO6

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A San Francisco woman and a Novato man have been arrested in a child pornography investigation that crossed state lines and international borders, San Francisco police said Friday.

Police said first arrested Kori Nicole Ellis, 41, in April after a search uncovered hundreds of child pornography videos and images on a laptop and thumb drive. The images included children as young as one year old engaging in sexual acts with children.

6/17/2015 http://archive.is/qMYgl

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits Novato home of ‘American mom’

8/5/2015 http://archive.is/j5Nkc

a woman found dead from stab wounds in Novato had been killed by her daughter, who believed the victim had abused the suspect’s son, police said Tuesday.

Hollis Puccinelli, 33, of Vallejo killed her mother, Judith Dunaway, 69, and then committed suicide by slashing her neck in San Francisco, authorities said.

The investigation began at 1:52 a.m. Monday when Puccinelli called Novato police and stated that she believed Dunaway had abused her 3-year-old son, said Novato police Sgt. Jennifer Dunlap.

12/7/14 http://archive.is/wSG3M

A Novato man and a San Anselmo woman were arrested on pimping allegations in Novato.

Shawn Buckley, 20, and his fiancee, Jazmin Moniq Khayami, 21, were booked on suspicion of human trafficking and probation violations. They remained in custody Sunday night at Marin County Jail, where they were being held without bail.

The investigation began when the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children sent a tip to a human trafficking task force in Marin. The task force consists of investigators with the San Rafael Police Department, the Marin County sheriff’s and probation departments and the FBI.

The information was that a minor was offering sex through a website for escorts, said San Rafael police Sgt. Scott Eberle. Investigators arranged a sting to meet the suspected prostitute at a motel.

Investigators met her and determined that she was a young adult who was being trafficked and sexually exploited by two other suspects, Eberle said. Further investigation led police to identify Buckley and Khayami as the suspects.

2012 http://www.marinscope.com/novato_advance/news/novato-teen-busted-in-child-pornography-raid/article_5f11d90f-94ae-54f0-bd1e-479a2d8d98d2.html

http://archive.is/trYXl

5/8/17 http://archive.is/2UOSM

NOVATO (CBS SF) — A man was found dead inside a car parked near a Novato school on Monday afternoon, police said. .

5/3/17 http://archive.is/Zt6Ml

The city of Novato is turning to 100 percent renewable energy.

The City Council at its Tuesday meeting voted unanimously to sign up the city for MCE’s “Deep Green” power option, agreeing to pay higher electric bills for wind- and solar-powered energy.

“This is a great example of Novato taking the lead on local action to address climate change and strengthen our economy,” said Mayor Pro Tem Josh Fryday. “It’s a big deal and we’re proud of our progress.”

Josh Fryday-he has moved up from Councilman, and now sits as Pro Tem mayor (right behind the mayor in authority).

12/6/16 http://archive.is/AoHzv

Today, the Novato City Council appointed Mayor Pro Tem Denise Athas as the new Mayor, and Councilmember Josh Fryday as Mayor Pro Tem. Each will serve in that capacity for one year.

Outgoing Mayor Pat Eklund passed the Mayoral Gavel to Mayor Pro Tem Denise Athas during the Council’s reorganization meeting.

Elected to the Council in 2009, Athas previously served as Mayor of Novato in 2012, is immediate past president of the Marin County Council of Mayors & Councilmembers, and is the current president of the League of California Cities--North Bay Division

4/17/17 http://archive.is/xQpc2

Novato forum to assure migrants disrupted by protesters

In addition to Hogeboom, the panel included Marin County Superintendent of Schools Mary Jane Burke, Marin County Sheriff Robert Doyle and Novato police Chief Adam McGill.

:The school district passed a resolution in December that reinforces a commitment to education to all students and makes the campuses a safe zone for students and families threatened by immigration.

4/27/17 http://archive.is/xxF8G

Novato city government will look a little different in the coming months as the City Council approved a staff reorganization last week.

4/25/17 http://archive.is/YXBu4 Novato solar farm nearly ready to power homes

Construction is nearly complete on the one-megawatt, ground-mounted solar project — the largest such installation in Marin — which will provide locally sourced energy through MCE, formerly known as Marin Clean Energy.

“One of our founding goals is to provide 100 percent renewable energy service as close to customers as possible,” said Jamie Tuckey, MCE’s director of public affairs. “In Marin, we heard building local was important. Over the last few years, that’s something we’ve been able to accomplish. The Cooley Quarry project is an example of one of those projects.”

The project stands at 6.5 feet tall on 11.5 acres of the 952-acre quarry where serpentine rock was once mined.

The $5.5 million project will begin generating one megawatt of electricity to MCE via nearby power lines. In the following months, another half-megawatt, and a total 6,446 solar panels, will go into operation.

Three hundred houses will be powered in MCE’s service area, including Marin and Napa counties, Benicia, El Cerrito, Lafayette, Richmond, San Pablo and Walnut Creek.>>