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Toppgunn22	what a crock	Hate	May 12, 2008
ElectionStocks	All leading Presidential candidates support expanded stem cell research.	Love	February 13, 2008
bbowenx2@hughes.net	futuristic	Hate	November 17, 2007
UncleGuido	Long shot depending on state/fed. regs.	Love	October 19, 2007
jmonty	will move on political change	Love	September 03, 2007
ElectionStocks	Republicans tend to want to discourage or even ban stem cell research.	Hate	August 07, 2007
ElectionStocks	Republicans tend to want to discourage or even ban stem cell research.	Hate	August 07, 2007
gymbumm	Long Shot	Love	July 31, 2007
earthdude46	believe it will save lives	Love	July 18, 2007
pkcarnes	it's the future	Love	June 21, 2007
Jamie Fitch	StemCells Inc.(STEM) has chosen to focus on using stem cells to battle central nervous system diseases (ie Alzheimers/Parkinsons). They currently have one product in clinical trials. This is in phase I for treating Batten disease. It is an extremely rare (2-4/100,000 births-->less than active 5,000 cases in the USA) genetic disease of the nervous system that is 100% fatal. Most of the people with the genetic flaw do not make it past their early 20s. Morally, it is good to see research being done on a devastating disease that affects relatively few people. However, this doesn't necessarily make for a good business model. A company needs something in a larger market to make some profit to keep it afloat while working on a treatment for a rare disease. At this point in time StemCells does not have that product. They are researching liver+pancreas stem cells which could ultimately treat a wide host of diseases relating to these organs. However, nothing is approaching clinical trial status which means financial fruition of this research is probably at least a decade away. As a result, StemCells has seen their losses widening over the past several years. In turn, this has dropped the price of the stock from nearly 7 dollars to 2-3. It looks nearly impossible for them to make a profit with their current pipeline. However, the numbers don't always tell the entire story. When the stem cell law is passed investors will immediately look for a way to play it. StemCell will obviously come up thanks to its name and symbol. Additionally, its research on liver/pancreas progenitor cells will produce enough scientific jargon to convince those not well versed in the field that there is great progress being made (and indeed there could be). They also have a great advantage in that they have been working exclusively with stem cells for 5+ years while many other companies will just be jumping into the field or shifting their focus onto it. I believe this will be sufficient enough to greatly push this stock up. It is difficult to project a price on a company with no earnings and really no product pipeline but a 3x increase is certainly sensible. Just make sure you're in the stock well before the next president is in office.	Love	May 17, 2007
SDINVEST	who knows? Future play in med.	Love	May 11, 2007
Barrons	"Neural stem cells for Batten disease."	Love	May 05, 2007
refields1142	They use the MUCH less contriversial adult stem cells as opposed to embryonic stem cells. One breakthrough and the stock goes to 900...or at least 4	Love	April 21, 2007
tvbarnesiii	SPECULATION	Love	April 17, 2007
djones1018	Good buy	Love	April 07, 2007
bearfan34	GROWING INDUSTRY, GOVT INVESTING IN RESEARCH	Love	April 06, 2007
weatherby	stem cell research	Love	April 03, 2007
leftcoast	to do well	Love	April 02, 2007
Bill Harper	big time here	Love	February 26, 2007
Pam	StemCells Inc. (STEM) This Palo Alto company is involved in the discovery and development of adult stem cell therapeutics for treating damage to the central nervous system, liver, and pancreas. Negative earnings, P/S is a high 1771.	Love	February 24, 2007
stormaddict	biotech stem cell research	Love	February 09, 2007
millersteven	own	Love	February 04, 2007
supra91	Very low proce on a stock of a company that is doing research on a future technology that is not yet available in the market	Love	January 31, 2007
C. Cochran	potential for Stem cell growth	Love	January 31, 2007
Jules Green	betting on stem cells getting the go ahead and looks like it will become stronger	Love	January 30, 2007
Sean Purcer	Emerging technology. Thinking about going long	Love	January 25, 2007
charles jerrier	kid in Oregon will live and others will follow....Greatest story nobody hears.	Love	January 20, 2007
pic ferrara	stem cell research. to find cures for lots of diseases	Love	January 18, 2007
ernie walker	stemcell speculative play	Love	January 09, 2007