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Published online 13 March 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/452263a

Banking on the future of stem cells

Representatives of 21 stem-cell funding agencies from 19 countries #20; members of the International Stem Cell Forum #20; met in San Francisco at the end of February to discuss collaborations and how to coordinate cell banks and registries. Among them was Leszek Borysiewicz, head of the UK Medical Research Council (MRC), who spoke to Nature about the effort.

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