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Published online 1 February 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070129-11
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Virgin invests in stem cells
Multifaceted company gets into healthcare for the future.
Richard Branson, more famous for investing in planes, trains and music through Virgin Group, today announced his first foray into healthcare.
Virgin Health Bank, a collaboration with London-based investment company Merlin Biosciences, will store blood stem cells from umbilical cord tissue for the treatment of blood diseases.
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