Replies to post #41748 on Ocata Therapeutics Inc fka OCAT

[elysse1kittycat]

Thanks Rocky.
Any opinion on this company(assuming that it is the company)and whether they represent a threat to actc at this stage?

[elllk]

Rocky is almost certainly correct. Here is an application to CIRM submitted by ISCO and rejected.

Parthenogenetic Stem Cell-Derived Corneal Tissue as an In Vitro Model for Ocular Injury
http://www.cirm.ca.gov/ReviewReports_RT1-01137-1


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The following Working Group members had a conflict of interest with this application and were therefore recused from participating in review of, discussion of, and voting on the application:
? Cibelli, Jose
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Interestingly, the above mentioned Jose Cibelli worked at ACTC many years ago when West was President and CSO and when Lanza first arrived.

http://www.mcdb.ucla.edu/Research/Goldberg/hc70a_w06/pdf/HumanClonedEmbryo.pdf