KUANTAN: A stem cell research and treatment centre will be set up in Pahang next year.
The RM300 million centre in Lancang, Temerloh, will conduct stem cell transplants on rabbits to study and provide an alternative form of treatment for diseases.The centre will have an animal research laboratory, a closed-colony rabbit farm, stem cell culturing facilities and medical treatment area. It is a joint project by Pahang Bioscience Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Pahang Technology Resources Sdn Bhd -- a state owned agency -- and BCRO Stem Cell Transplantation Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of US-based Bio-cellular Research Organisation (BCRO).
At the launch of Pahang Bioscience here yesterday, BCRO Stem Cell Transplantation executive director, Amir Ismail, said Lancang was an ideal site for the centre because of its "essential natural environment".
Pahang Bioscience and International Islamic University Malaysia also signed a memorandum of understanding to conduct a clinical research initiative on "Fetal Precursor Stem Cell".The clinical research will focus on four diseases which do not have a cure.
They are AIDS, Down's syndrome, diabetes and autism.
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