Life Technologies To Develop Human Stem Cell Models Of Neurodegenerative Diseases To Advance Drug Development

Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE), a provider of innovative life science solutions, announced it will use human embryonic stem cells to develop new models of Lou Gehrig’s Disease and other neurodegenerative diseases with a grant it received this week from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), a state agency tasked with providing funding for stem cell research at California universities, private companies and research institutions.

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Filed under: Stem Cell Research on January 4th, 2009