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Experts say cutting embryonic stem cell funding in Horizon 2020 will threaten progress Europe is making in developing safe, effective and well-regulated cell therapies - and in creating an economically important regenerative medicine sector

Europe currently leads the world in therapeutic applications of regenerative medicine. It has seen companies spin out from universities and approved products reaching the market. Science|Business brought together experts to discuss how to build on these foundations

Positive clinical data, increases in federal funding and the first regulatory approval of a manufactured stem cell product mean momentum is building in the US. With the re-election of President Obama, this is likely to continue

The EU must continue to support human embryonic stem cell research to maintain its lead in regenerative medicine. The upcoming Irish Presidency needs to recognise the importance of this research and resist calls for a ban on funding in Horizon 2020

As part of the Science|Business Special Report on stem cell research, experts give their opinion on the much debated topic

Spin-out Liquid Light builds on research results that languished in the lab for 10 years – reverse combustion process produces methanol from CO2. Next step: industrial scale production.

A fresh approach to studying entrepreneurialism – which combines policy with individual drive – provides the insights needed to identify and address bottlenecks says Erkko Autio

Is a frozen “rollover” budget for 2013 and beyond now likely? MEPs debate the EU budget at a Science|Business event, as negotiations between Parliament and Council collapse

Interview with Professor David Zilberman, professor of agricultural and resource economics at the University of California, Berkeley and principal investigator at the UC Berkeley Energy Biosciences Institute

Cash-strapped member states want to reduce the EU’s overall budget, putting the proposed increase in R&D spending under threat. That will make it more difficult to revive Europe’s jaded economy, Teresa Riera Madurell MEP tells Science|Business

Research bodies and industry groups have joined Europe’s top scientists in calls to deliver on the proposal to increase the R&D budget to €80 billion

Research counters public criticism on ‘inefficiency.’ Risks of intermittent power have been overstated and projected wind power levels for 2020 do not require major system adaptation. Technology can provide solutions to tap greater amounts of wind power.

The European Parliament has called for a “significant increase” in EU research and innovation funding, making a veiled threat to veto the EU’s long-term budget if member states try to cut European R&D funding

With a month to go before EU heads of state will try to fix the budget for Horizon 2020, MEPs, the EU’s Chief Scientist, astronauts and a Star Trek actor highlight the importance of inspiring a new generation of European scientists

While there is an obvious strong case for such programs on both sides of the Atlantic, companies operating internationally must take into account important differences.