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To: Triffin who wrote (5159)	1/19/1999 6:36:00 PM
From: Mike McFarland	Respond to of 56532

OFF TOPIC, not a daytrading post..re STEM cells Not looking for short term investment here No worries, I don't think there are any really short term investments that will pay off to the degree which would substantiate taking the risk! Well, I know Aastrom has approval in Europe but they have some real competition right? I guess if a person has an ethical problem with fetal stem cell use, then astm might be a good play-- just placenta blood right...of course that actually played into why I have not maintained a position in that one...who is going to pay to store the blood when their kid is born? I really don't know the answer to all this, I threw my dart at ctii because I did a couple hours surfing around on the patent server and saw the encapsulation stuff, but Amgen, Organogenesis, Advanced Tissue Science, Immunex, Genzyme, Medimmune, CellPro, and Cytogen all have a stake in this too apparently...so if a person wanted a "safer" big cap name, well there you are. Of course you don't get a lot of bang for your buck either. I'd suggest rooting around here on SI, do a search on stem and see what comes up. I will answer your question though...I say put a one-third position into ctii, the second third into ctii, and the third there too. And that is what I have done. Another way of attacking it might be to find the indication which you think could pay off big...do a query like this recap.com You will see three of my stocks if you hit that url... sibi, cnsi, and ctii...although that was just a shameless plug...I have cnsi for rhGGF2, sibi for 1508Y and their prospect for Alzheimer's as well. --Mike