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hi all At 22:52 2001/04/13 -0700, Murray Charters wrote to me: >On 13 Apr 2001, at 10:50, janet paterson wrote: >> to you, mr charters, media mechanic, >> i say >> yowsa! >> my sniffer goes on the alert >> around 'press releases' aka 'public relations' aka PR >> imho, >> the key is frequently 'follow the money' >> or 'who paid what for this to be published here?" >> my health is a non-profit enterprise >> my education is a non-profit enterprise >> healthcare belongs to all of us >> science belongs to all of us >> janet > >Yep jp, definitely follow the money..... > >This from Reuters.... > >New Jersey Company Gathers Stem Cells From Placentas >NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 12 - A New Jersey company has >announced that it can harvest stem cells from a controversy-free source: > the human placenta. >Anthrogenesis Corp., of Cedar Knolls, announced Wednesday that it >has been able to collect 10 times as many stem cells from a placenta as >can be gathered from an umbilical cord. The 3-year-old company has a >proprietary technology for removing blood from the placenta, sustaining >the organ in the laboratory and then recovering the cells several hours >or days later. >Placenta-derived cells have the same cell-surface molecules as other >stem cells used in research, the company's chief scientific officer, Dr. >Robert J. Hariri, told Reuters Health. Dr. Hariri invented the harvesting >technology. While the company has not yet published any information >on the stem cells, he said, it expects to do so within "a few months." >The company issued a press release rather than waiting to publish its >research, Dr. Hariri said, because of the great need for alternative stem- >cell sources. He commented that the company is looking for >collaborators who could help speed up the research and development >process. >Dr. Hariri and his colleagues are now engaged in determining placenta >stem cells' potential for differentiation. Anthrogenesis is working with >other organizations to test the cells in the treatment of amyotrophic >lateral sclerosis and some cancers, and in other types of regenerative >medicine, Dr. Hariri said. > >Copyright © 2000 Reuters Ltd. > >"He commented that the company is looking for collaborators who could >help speed up the research and development process." and they sure >got a bundle of publicity from a press release.... I think I know why they >didn't wait for peer review etc. ......... murray >[log in to unmask] yup, not to mention their 'proprietary technology' and maybe? as a knee-jerk response to the 'fat as a source for stem cells' announcement... i notice all of the pd research awards are going to universities. hmm, i wonder where the word university comes from? hmm, i wonder if "E=mc2" was a 'proprietary' discovery? hmm, i wonder whether Newton collected any royalties on his apple discovery? hmm, i wonder where the word 'dis-covery' aka dys-covery' comes from? hmm, i wonder if mc would mind my posting this to the list? naaah! janet perennially nosy janet paterson, an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit perky, parky PD: 54/41/37 CD: 54/44/43 TEL: 613 256 8340 EMAIL: [log in to unmask] "a new voice" home page: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ . "new voice news" latest posts: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nvnNET/ . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn