Singapore carves niche in stem cell research


  • World
  • Friday, 26 Aug 2005

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - South Korea stole headlines after creating the world's first cloned dog, but the tiny city-state of Singapore is quietly preparing to take the fruits of its stem cell research straight to the market. 

Steven Fang, chief executive of Singapore-based CyGenics, said more Singapore-based firms are taking the greenfield research of U.S. and Korean scientists and turning it into marketable technology safe for human use. 

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