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Published online 26 July 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060724-8

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Clinical-use stem cells made in Singapore

Lines designed for safe use in humans make their debut.

Four 'safe' embryonic stem-cell lines, which have been made from scratch specifically for clinical use, make their debut this week. Singapore-based biotech company ESI will announce on 27 July the existence of these lines, plus four more in the pipeline, and have said they will make them available to researchers worldwide by the end of this year.

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