2012 in Review: Signposts Along the Way to Cell Therapy Success

摘要

As children growing up, we could barely contain our anticipation for those banner, milestone years: entering first grade, becoming a teenager, turning 16 and then 18, high-school graduation. But even the most innocuous "in-between" years saw notable change and maturation, and 2012 was just such a year for the growing cell therapy sector. Although it is not likely to be noted as a pivotal or breakthrough year, 2012 nonetheless delivered some significant and welcome signposts of continued sector maturation. Here is a summary of what I believe to be the most notable of such events. I've liberally borrowed from the annual "Top 10" list delivered in January by Edward L. Field, chief operating officer of Cytomedix, Inc. and an executive committee member of the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine. He presented his list — voted on by the attending conference goers — in Washington, DC at Phacilitate's Cell and Gene Therapy Forum (www.cgt-forum.com) held at the end of January 2013.