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To: WWS who wrote (205)	1/23/1999 1:56:00 PM
From: Mike McFarland	Read Replies (1) of 613

Continued stem cell subthread--diabetes: Sorry to be posting so much on this one subject--but as long as I put the subthread title up there so folks can skip ahead, maybe that will be okay for now... I guess the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette went to Dr. Block because he was close by...he is the co-director of the Protein Technology Center at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine... ...Block also is trying to apply these techniques to pancreatic islet cells, insulin-producing cells that might be used to treat diabetes (snip) He said the Italian- Canadian study "is good science and it's good functional science." Unlike Block's experiments in petri dishes, the scientists accomplished what appears to be a transdifferentiation of the stem cells in a living animal. So I would imagine those biotechs focusing on stem cell research all have research on diabetes going... so also note this PR from last month... CytoTherapeutics Obtains Exclusive, Worldwide Licenses to Technology for Discovering Pancreatic Stem/Progenitor Cells Proprietary Technology May Speed Discovery Useful in Treatment of Diabetes biz.yahoo.com Diabetes had not been at the forefront in my mind--I'd been focusing my thoughts on CNS and especially Parkinson's. But this part of the puzzle is also very interesting...especially if a very small company like ctii, happens to win the race... Of course I'd be pleased if one of the big cap pharma or big cap biotech companies realized suddenly that this microcap stock has a lead over everybody else and simply made a deal with ctii, or made a bid outright for the company. Of course who can say if ctii or Geron or one of the big caps themselves has the lead. I suppose a couple of Ph D's with the help of a few patent attorneys could do the exercise...a shame that all most of us can do is throw darts, but that will have to do. --Mike

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