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UK’s innovation agency backs Plasticell to produce red blood cell substitute from pluripotent stem cells

Plasticell, a developer of cell therapies including hematopoietic cell replacement therapies, today announced it has secured Biomedical Catalyst funding of over 920,000 GBP from Innovate UK to create a safe, effective red blood cell substitute for human clinical transfusion, in collaboration with stem cell scientists at the University of Edinburgh. Over 90 million blood transfusions are carried out worldwide each [...]

2021-05-28T21:20:25+01:00April 13th, 2017|Press Releases|

Plasticell signs stem cell research collaborations with leading Singapore academic institutions

Plasticell, a developer of stem cell technologies and cell-based therapies, has announced that it has signed agreements with the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to progress its therapeutic stem cell pipeline. “We are delighted to have put together this collaboration with has such enormous potential for the creation of next-generation stem cell [...]

2017-03-28T09:48:16+01:00March 28th, 2017|Press Releases|

Plasticell increases flow of stem cell therapy pipeline

Plasticell founder named “Best CEO in the Stem Cell industry” by European CEO magazine Plasticell, a developer of stem cell technologies and cell-based therapies, has announced that the Company’s founder, Dr. Yen Choo, has been named “Best CEO in the Stem Cell Industry” by European CEO magazine. This accolade in part recognises Plasticell’s success in organic growth as well as [...]

2021-05-28T19:14:43+01:00February 7th, 2017|Press Releases|