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California Stem Cell Agency Withholds $5.8 Million from Orchard in Bubble-Baby Flap

California Stem Cell Agency Withholds $5.8 Million from Orchard in Bubble-Baby Flap

Money to Go to New Effort Involving Compassionate Use

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Jun 02, 2021
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California Stem Cell Agency Withholds $5.8 Million from Orchard in Bubble-Baby Flap
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Donald Kohn, the UCLA scientist who developed the bubble-baby treatment, UCLA photo

The California stem cell agency today said it plans to withhold as much as $5.8 million from a company that declined to provide “compassionate use” treatment of 20 children suffering from a grave immune deficiency known as the bubble baby disease.

The firm involved is Orch…

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