Geron and GE Healthcare, a division of General Electric, are developing and commercializing cellular assay products derived from human embryonic stem cells for use in drug discovery, development and toxicity screening.

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General Electric ( GE - news - people ), are developing and commercializing cellular assay products derived from human embryonic stem cells for use in drug discovery, development and toxicity screening.

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Dr Veenstra said the system was still in development, so it was not yet suitable for a routine screening programme.

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As I said, anything -- could go for something as repaying for the defraying of cost to move diagnostic and screening equipment or public health infrastructure, the purchase of and development of more antiviral medication, or as we get into the development of a seed stock for a vaccine.

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The report also looked at long-term survival for women with more aggressive cancers already past the early stages of development - those not given an "excellent" or "good" prognosis after being detected during screening.

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