Advances in stem cells technologies and their commercialization potential.
The World Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine Congress Asia 2013 held in Singapore from 19-21 March 2013 was attended by over 2000 industry attendees and 5000 registered visitors. The focus of the congress was to discuss potential uses of stem cells for various diagnostic and therapeutic applications, their market opportunity and the latest R&D, which would potentially find its way into the market in not too distant future. In addition to the traditional lectures presented by academic and industry experts, there were forums, discussions, posters and exhibits, which provided various platforms for researchers, potential industry partners and even various interest groups to discuss prospective development of the stem cell-related industry.
Research for Faculty of Medicine, Tissue Engineering Group for National Centre of Excellence in Research and Learning, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. tkzrea@um.edu.my
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D000818:Animals; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships; D044968:Regenerative Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000639:trends*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D018581:Technology Transfer; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000639:trends*