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			<url>http://www.bdsra.org/news/clinical-stemcell.htm</url>
			<publication>PALO ALTO, Calif</publication>
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			<headline>Stem Cells Inc. Receives IRB Approval To Begin Phase I Clinical Trial</headline>
			<date>(March 9, 2006)</date>
			<summary>StemCells, Inc. (NASDAQ: STEM) today announced that it has received approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Oregon Health &amp; Science University (OHSU) to initiate a Phase I clinical trial of the Company’s proprietary human neural stem cell product...</summary>
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