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Replacement Human Ear grown on the back of a mouse

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Father of Regenerative Medicine Pushes M Prize Over the $1 Million Mark from PhysOrg.com
In a move that will push the Methuselah Foundations M Prize over the $1 million mark, Dr. William Haseltine, biotech pioneer of Human Genome Sciences fame, has joined the Three Hundred, a group of individuals who pledge to donate $1000 per year to the M Prize for the next 25 years. I am delighted that my decision to join the Three Hundred has pushed the prize fund over its first one million dollars, which I trust is only the first of many millions, said Dr. Haseltine of his decision. Theres nothing to compare with this effort, and it has already contributed significantly to the awareness that regenerative medicine is a near term reality, not an IF. [...]

Group Offers Genetic Code Mapping Prize from PhysOrg.com
(AP) -- The people who spurred private spaceflight with a $10 million prize are doing the same for personalized medicine. The X Prize Foundation is offering $10 million to the first company that can process the genetic codes of 100 people in just 10 days - an advancement that experts say is still at least five years away. [...]

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