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$55 Million California Investment: First Patient Receives Viacyte Diabetes Device

$55 Million California Investment: First Patient Receives Viacyte Diabetes Device

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Oct 29, 2014
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Viacyte's diabetes device
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The California stem cell agency and Viacyte, Inc., today marked a diabetic and stem cell first.

The first of about 40 patients has received the San Diego firm’s human embryonic stem cell device as part of a clinical trial testing what could be a virtual cure for type 1 diabetes.

The stem cell agency, which has i…

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