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In Singapore, a company with ambitious goals leads a "privileged existence"

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Singapore-based Embryonic Stem Cell International (ESI) has emerged as one of world's first commercial ventures to focus on developing stem cells for therapeutic purposes. Considering the financial support given by the Singapore government that holds a 44 percent stake in ESI, it has a privileged existence.

Government domestic functions, Singapore, Science and technology policy

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The former patent powerhouse works on new therapies

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California-based Geron Company was founded in 1992 as one of the first public companies to study embryonic stem cells. Geron is pursuing research in a wide number of disease areas, including Parkinson's, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, blood disease, osteoporosis, and organ transplantation.

Strategy & planning, Planning, Company business planning, Geron Corp., GERN

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The tiny company that ignited a political battle over human therapeutic cloning continues to punch above its weight

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Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) announced in the year 2001 that it had cloned a short-lived human embryo, igniting a political battle in the US Congress. Despite the controversy and excitement surrounding its science, the company has always maintained its dignity and reputation.

Advanced Cell Technology Inc.

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