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Thomas Vangsness, Jr., MD, professor of orthopaedic surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC (Image\/ USC)<\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\r\n\r\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text white\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), California\u2019s stem cell agency, has awarded the biopharmaceutical company Cellular Biomedicine Group Inc. (Nasdaq: CBMG) $2.29 million to support pre-clinical studies of AlloJoin<sup>TM<\/sup>, human fat-derived stem cells for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis.<br \/>\nThe grant will allow the company to perform pre-clinical manufacturing studies at Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and to prepare AlloJoin<sup>TM<\/sup> for a U.S. Phase I clinical trial with <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/faculty\/c-thomas-vangsness\/\">C. Thomas Vangsness, Jr.<\/a>, as the principal investigator and the Keck School of Medicine of USC as a trial site. Vangsness is a USC Stem Cell principal investigator, professor of orthopaedic surgery and chief of sports medicine at the Keck School.<br \/>\n\u201cWe thank Dr. C. Thomas Vangsness, Jr., in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and Dr. Qing Liu-Michael at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC, who helped significantly with the grant application process,\u201d said Tony (Bizuo) Liu, Chief Executive Officer of CBMG. \u201cThe CIRM grant is the first step in bringing AlloJoin<sup>TM<\/sup> to the U.S. market.\u201d<br \/>\nCBMG recently announced promising interim three-month safety data from a Phase I clinical trial in China for AlloJoin<sup>TM<\/sup>. 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