Stem cell commercialization center in Detroit aims to create jobs

Stem cell center in Detroit looks to create jobs.

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A new stem cell commercialization center is set to open in Detroit's TechTown incubator as early as July and is seeking federal grants to bring new high-tech jobs to the city.

"Direct jobs will be laboratory technicians, perhaps a scientist eventually, an administrator and all of the things that you need to run a lab and a business," center director James Eliason told The South End, Wayne State University's student newspaper.

The center, announced by Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano in February, received $750,000 from the county for construction and recently awarded $4.1 million by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the build-out of 15,000 square feet of wet labs.

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