Blair courts US stem-cell scientists

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TONY BLAIR has launched a drive to attract American bioscience companies to Britain in an attempt to capitalise on restrictions imposed by President George Bush on US government funding for stem-cell research.

Blair is to use his trip to America to propose a joint UK-California conference in London to highlight the opportunities Britain can offer stem-cell scientists.

Today, the prime minister is due to meet executives from the biggest biotech companies in California specialising in stem-cell research and to highlight Britain’s favourable regulatory regime and government incentives available to investors.

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Blair hopes he may now be able to attract millions of pounds of investment from American companies deterred by the unfavourable climate in their home country.

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,2761-2291778,00.html

[whistle]

1. Way to go Bush baby, hey do you think that immortality is just around

...the corner? Felix Rohaytan and George Schultz and Dick Cheney, the new 2,000 year old men.

[Olney Blue]

2. Let the brain drain begin.

[soothsayer]

3. Oh, so now I get the veto. Paying the poodle for supporting the

war on Iraq. Makes total sense.