| 09:55 EDT |  | STEM, CUR, OSIR, ASTM, BTX, GERN | Supreme Court turns down appeal over stem cell research, SCOTUSblog says
The Supreme Court turned down an appeal by scientists seeking to stop all studies on embryonic stem cells, according to SCOTUSblog. The Fly notes that companies engaged in the research, development, and commercialization of stem cell therapies include StemCells (STEM), Neuralstem (CUR), Aastrom Biosciences (ASTM) and Osiris Therapeutics (OSIR). Also, earlier this morning, BioTime (BTX) entered into an agreement to acquire the intellectual property, including patents and patent applications, and other assets related to Geron's (GERN) human embryonic stem cell programs. Reference Link |
