Terry, you wrote,
>I keep hearing different numbers from everyone. The University
>of Wisconsin, here in Madison, says they have control of 5 lines.
>They have been distributing them for cost for awhile now.
>So, I don't know how many lines there are, but they are not
>controlled by a single biotech company. The U W has several
>patents in the area of embryonic stem cells.
According to an article in the Washington Post this morning, it appears
no one knows for sure, which a problem with privately funded research. I
think the CAMR statement was referring to the lines reported in
scientific journals :
Linda
FROM Washington Post, 8/10/01
"Promising More -- and Less; Scientists See Growth in Field, Lament
Limits"
BY Rick Weiss
"... Moreover, several scientists questioned Bush's assertion that 60
cell lines
are available today. Fewer than 10 have been reported in scientific
journals,
with perhaps another 10 described at scientific meetings. A National
Institutes
of Health report from earlier this summer estimated that just 30 stem
cell lines
existed.
A senior administration official said during a briefing after the
president's speech that the new figure was a result of NIH officials
"calling
around the world to talk to researchers." The existing stem cell lines
will
provide scientists "a tremendous smorgasbord" to work with and represent
a
"diverse genetic and ethnic pool," including lines from the United
States,
Austria, India, Israel, Singapore and Sweden, the official said."
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