This Guide lists companies worldwide that are involved in the business of stem cell research. Besides companies actively developing stem cell-based therapeutics, the Guide lists for-profit umbilical cord blood stem cell banks as well as companies that provide supplies and services to stem cell researchers. More than 200 companies are included -- 206 to be exact We do not claim that this is the definitive list of stem cell research firms. Companies (and executives) come and go all the time, while others refocus their corporate strategies toward nearer term product goals for financial reasons,...