Clinical-use stem cells make debut from Singapore Company

jumpstart · Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Posts: 22

Clinical-use stem cells made in Singapore
Lines designed for safe use in humans make their debut.

Carina Dennis

Four 'safe' embryonic stem-cell lines, which have been made from scratch specifically for clinical use, make their debut this week. Singapore-based biotech company ESI will announce on 27 July the existence of these lines, plus four more in the pipeline, and have said they will make them available to researchers worldwide by the end of this year.

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agate · Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:21 pm Post subject:

Thanks for posting this!

Interesting that they don't yet know what stem-cells are safe.