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Celularity and GX Acquisition Corp. Announce Merger Agreement to Create a Publicly Listed Leader in Allogeneic Cellular Therapy
January 8, 2021 GMT
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. and NEW YORK, Jan. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Celularity Inc. (“Celularity”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company, leading the next evolution in cellular medicine with the development of off-the-shelf allogeneic therapies derived from the postpartum human placenta, and GX Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: GXGX), a special purpose acquisition company, today announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which GX Acquisition Corp. will combine with Celularity. Upon the closing of the transaction, which is expected to occur in the second quarter of 2021, GX Acquisition Corp. will be renamed Celularity Inc., and its common stock and warrants are expected to remain listed on Nasdaq under the new ticker symbo
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A CRISPR picture emerges on European Union GMO directive
A European Court ruling widely interpreted to mean that all gene-edited organisms are GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) may not be as prescriptive as many first assumed.
The view emerges in an article co-authored by John Innes Centre scientists Professor Wendy Harwood and Dr Penny Hundleby alongside EU scientists and law academics.
In the ruling of July 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) confirmed that organisms obtained by newer methods of directed mutagenesis such as genome editing are not excluded from the scope of the EU GMO directive.
When You Need Answers, Ask LRC’s Readers
In fact, why did they go to the bother of inventing a pathogen when they could have simply released smallpox or bubonic plague?”
I considered these difficult questions, on the order of “Is Killary Clinton uglier than she is corrupt or vice versa?”
But you have to awake earlier than I do to stump LRC’s clever readers. Here’s a sample of the wisdom they sent my way:
Linda June has
wondered the same thing. Why not release a real killer instead of an ordinary one dependent upon lies and subterfuge to inspire dread amongst the population? I think we underestimate the enemy when we dismiss the fact that they are on a mission to prepare the world for the last Antichrist. This agenda supersedes a mere desire to reduce the population to a sustainable herd size. One might even be able to live with that in a sad and desperate way. But it’s really much worse than that.
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The Bears lost to the Packers on Sunday but made it into the playoffs anyway, so their suffering continues.
The season started so well, if I recall, base on snippets overheard Monday mornings on WBBM radio news. Not that I watched a single second of a single game. But that doesn’t mean I’m not interested in the team.
I’ve been reading about how, 100 years ago this October, the A.E. Staley Manufacturing Company of Decatur, producers of starch, sent their factory team, the Staleys, north, along with its young coach, George Halas, to become the Chicago Bears.
GMO Alarm: Dangers, benefits of genetically modified foods
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By Ebele Orakpo
OH my God! What is going on? What am I going to do? In these austere times?” lamented Mrs. Bello, a mother of three as she entered her kitchen and saw the very fresh carrots, cabbage and tomatoes she had bought the previous evening to prepare lunch for the family.
Her shout attracted her neighbours and family. “What happened?” one of them asked to which Mrs. Bello replied: “I don’t know what is happening anymore,” as she pointed to the rotten vegetables. “I bought these just yesterday and they looked fresh. But today, I am seeing something else. Na magic?”