98.5 mil for ASC. 72mil for ESC. Fairly equal and certainly not supportive of the statement: "Given the choice of where to invest, they went with the better odds."
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > That's some awesome stuff.... > > ESC > -- $20 million for research into insulin-producing cells grown from > embryonic stem cells. UCSF and Novocell Inc. in San Diego. > -- $16 million to treat macular degeneration using transplanted > retinal cells made from embryonic stem cells. University of Southern > California and UC Santa Barbara. > -- $16 million to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by implanting > cells made from embryonic stem cells. The Salk Institute for > Biological Studies in San Diego, UC San Diego, and Ludwig Institute > for Cancer Research. > -- $20 million to treat stroke using implanted neural stem cells made > from embryonic stem cells. Stanford and UCLA. > > ASC > -- $18 million for stem cells that would target and kill brain tumors. > City of Hope National Medical Center in San Francisco. > -- $19 million for stem cells that would target and kill brain tumors. > UCSF, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research in San Diego and Burnham > Institute for Medical Research in La Jolla. > -- $20 million to modify stem cells so they create T cells that are > resistant to HIV infection. UCLA and Calimmune Inc. in Los Angeles. > -- $9 million to treat sickle cell disease by modifying patients' > blood-forming stem cells so they produce normal red blood cells. UCLA > and Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. > -- $12 million to treat the skin disease epidermolysis bullosa by > genetically modifying skin cells. Stanford University. > -- $5.5 million to repair heart tissue damaged in a heart attack using > stem cells from a patient's own heart. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in > Los Angeles. > -- $15 million to modify stem cells so they create T cells that are > resistant to HIV infection. City of Hope National Medical Center, > University of Southern California and Beckman Research Institute of > City of Hope. > > Drugs > -- $20 million for developing drugs to destroy leukemia stem cells. UC > San Diego. > -- $20 million to develop drugs that destroy cancer stem cells in > solid tumors. UCLA, Stanford and the University of Southern > California. > -- $20 million to create an antibody that helps destroy leukemia stem > cells. Stanford. > > > > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There is no fight. > >> California has 3 billion dollars to use whatever they want and they > >> chose adult. Obama released the purse strings for embryonic stem cells > >> and 10 out of 14 still went with adult. > > > > Actually, the article says the following about the 10 of 14 "The > > others will use so-called adult stem cells or conventional drugs > > intended to kill cancer stem cells" > > > > So, some of the 10 use ASC, some of the 10 use drug therapies. It > > could be that 4 are using ESC, 4 using ASC, and 6 using drug > > therapies. ...but then the article wouldn't be so sensational, and > > they would sell less newspaper > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:306864 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
