Pfizer embraces stem cells

Big pharma's interest in linkurl:stem cell research;http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/54900/ is picking up speed. Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is expanding its research into the technology and plans to open a second regenerative medicine unit in Cambridge, UK, this November, Reuters linkurl:reported;http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSTRE48MBY020080923?sp=true yesterday. Pfizer isn't the only one. In July, GlaxoSmithKline entered a linkurl:5-year, $25 million collaboration;ht