Biomedicine

Benitec MOU with CalbaTech, Inc.

Published in AIDS Weekly, September 3rd, 2007

Melbourne, Australia: Benitec Limited (ASX: BLT) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with California-based CalbaTech, Inc. to provide stem cell storage services for US HIV patients who may use the healthy adult (or "blood" or hematopoietic") stem cells in future therapy. Benitec has collaborated with City of Hope, a biomedical research and treatment centre, in the development of a possible HIV therapeutic.

This investigational HIV therapeutic creates the possibility that an adult (or "blood" or "hematopoietic") stem cell based therapeutic may be able to take the place of anti-retroviral medication. Early banking of adult (or "blood" or "hematopoietic") stem cells...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2007-09-03)

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