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BioTime: A new Geron, without a decade of baggage

[pullquote]In time, this purchase might make BioTime the company that Geron was supposed to be.[/pullquote]Avid watchers of the stem cell and regenerative medicine market have no doubt heard of Geron selling its stem cell assets to BioTime. Nature covered it in some...

Cell therapy industry 2027: Lone ranger or team player?

claimtoken-510012802486f [pullquote]The cell therapy industry has an encyclopaedic void. But is this void one that needs addressing?”[/pullquote]This post was initially intended to be a short vignette (not so short, as it turns out) exploring whether or not the...

Innovation without protection is philanthropy

This year, your household will pay $360 for the use of Intellectual Property (IP) held by people and corporations outside of Canada. For a little less than a dollar a day, you’re supporting industries like biotechnology, high-tech electronics, and engineering in other...

Creating an ecosystem for Canadian RM commercialization

James Till and Ernest McCulloch identified stem cells 50 years ago in Toronto, and their legacy is a vibrant community of scientists who are leaders in this field of research. But what does that mean in terms of producing products and therapies to heal and cure...