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Mitsubishi Chemical Scraps Regenerative Medicine Unit
Mitsubishi Chemical Group said on February 27 that it is shutting down its regenerative medicine department, effective April 1, after it terminated the development of its multi-lineage differentiating stress enduring (Muse) cell therapy CL2020.In February last year, the company announced…
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