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Banking on the future of stem cells

Representatives of 21 stem-cell funding agencies from 19 countries — members of the International Stem Cell Forum — met in San Francisco at the end of February to discuss collaborations and how to coordinate cell banks and registries. Among them was Leszek Borysiewicz, head of the UK Medical Research Council (MRC), who spoke to Nature about the effort.

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Interview by Monya Baker. For more on the international forum and the latest developments, visit www.nature.com/stemcells .

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Baker, M. Banking on the future of stem cells. Nature 452, 263–264 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/452263a

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