STEM CELLS

BY MATTHEW BRACEA PIONEERING Australian stem cell company is teaming up with an international Japanese biopharmaceutical firm to build Japan's first dedicated embryonic stem cell company. The expansion into Japan is part of Melbourne-based Stem Cell Sciences' strategy to create a global cell therapy company.The new firm, SCS KK, will be based in the heart of a huge new US$150 million Medical Industry Development Project in Kobe. The new centre is a frontier medical research facility that will include a cell production facility and a 60-bed hospital for clinical ...


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