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To: tom pope who wrote (740)	9/16/2000 10:40:04 PM
From: scaram(o)uche	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1475

Tom: These people are associated with SCS? Message 12962747 Thursday February 24, 9:15 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Stem Cell Sciences SCS Comments Relating to EPO Grant of 'Stem Cell Selection' Patent MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Stem Cell Sciences (SCS) has responded to concerns raised by several press reports and comments by the EPO relating to the recent EPO granting of a patent owned by the University of Edinburgh and licensed exclusively to SCS. The patent, entitled ''Isolation, selection and propagation of animal transgenic stem cells'' (No. 0695351), principally relates to methods for purifying specific types of genetically engineered stem cells from mixtures of cultured cells. Peter Mountford, Chief Scientific Officer of SCS, said, ''The techniques described in this patent represent a significant advance in the culture of stem cells, making available populations...... (snip) Message 13029938 PROPAGATION OF ANIMAL TRANSGENIC STEM CELLS Country: EP European Patent Office (EPO) Kind: B1 Patent Inventor(s): SMITH, Austin, Gerard AFRC Centre Genome Research MOUNTFORD, Peter, Scott Stem Cell Sciences Applicant(s): UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH Issued/Filed Dates: Dec. 8, 1999 / April 21, 1994 (snip) There's more. Rick