CELLASTRA'S STRATEGIC ALLIANCES * Dr. Outi Hovatta, MD, PhD-Professor at Karolinska Institute and Karolinska Huddinge Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.  http://www.ki.se The hESC lines are derived by Dr. Hovatta under EU's strictest ethical regulations in the IVF clinic at the Karolinska Huddinge Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.   * Dr. Outi Hovatta, MD, PhD-Director of Stem Cell Research at REGEA, Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Tampere, Finland.  http://www.regea.fi The stem cell and tissue bank at REGEA meets the requirements set by the EU tissue establishment directive (2004/23/EC). Regea Tissue Bank stores and delivers human tissue for clinical purposes to hospitals in Finland. The Cell and Tissue Processing rooms are validated for GMP grade pharmaceutical level production. The validation process includes measurements of pressure differences, amount of particles, temperature and proportional humidity level as well as the visualization of air flows and the measurements of flow rates in cell processing areas.