the Department of Defense announced the creation of the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine, which will go by the happy acronym AFIRM. According to DOD’s news service, AFIRM will “harness stem cell research and technology … to reconstruct new skin, muscles and tendons, and even ears, noses and fingers.” The government is budgeting $250 million in public and private money for the project’s first five years. NIH and three universities will be on the team.
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In Health, Stem Cell on May 19, 2008 at 1:30 pmOpen biohacking kit project
In Stem Cell on February 9, 2008 at 10:52 pmcontains information on important protocols in genetic engineering, stem cell research, microbiology and
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