¢ As faith organizations, celebrities and medical groups take positions over the stem-cell amendment on the Missouri ballot, the Kansas University Medical Center is steering clear of the debate, the Johnson County Sun reports._Amy Jordan-Wooden, director of public affairs at the University of Kansas Medical Center, said the organization takes no position on Amendment 2. She said the center has created a Web site with extensive information about stem cell research to educate the public.__Dr. Barbara Atkinson, executive vice chancellor, KUMC and executive dean, School of Medicine, said stem cell research has been politicized.__”At the University of Kansas Medical Center, we are very supportive of the efforts to use both mature and early stem cells in research to find new treatments and cures for disease,” she said. “Both mature and early stem cells offer extraordinary potential for cures.”_¢ The University of Minnesota is preparing lab space for one of KU’s best-known researchers, Minnesota Daily reports. Gunda Georg, a cancer researcher, is moving to Minnesota to lead the medicinal chemistry department._Loralee Wederstrom, AHC’s director of capital planning said the timing is “a miracle.”__Wederstrom said the building’s planning was accelerated and broken into phases to accommodate Georg’s moving schedule.__Georg, who’s currently at the University of Kansas, is coming to the University of Minnesota to lead the medicinal chemistry department in the College of Pharmacy, according to the AHC’s Web site. Her research largely focuses on analyzing chemical compounds and computer data to discover drugs that could treat diseases such as cancer or Alzheimer’s._