RE:RE:U of A Human Trial Started July/12 to be Completed June/16Topcat... I see quite a bit happened since I last was following this 2 years ago. Sernova on Twitter seems to be a great recap of events. From what I saw, Sernova's agreement with the CCRM to produce insulin islet stem cells puts them in a position to be able to go it alone and hit the market without needing to partner with a Pharmaceutical giant. That means more longterm value for shareholders, and one article mentioned Sernova is slowly developing into a Big Pharma company. They might not need a large pharma partner anymore. They now have the stem cell production of insulin islet cells problem solved. And like you guys menitoned, Viacytes encapsulation has scarring and requires too many capsules and Harvard/MIT didn't even start with an encapsulation solution yet. Sernova's missing piece of the puzzle was to produce the stem cells themselves, which they can now do with the CCRM agreement. My speculatioin is that they will wrap up and release the results of that U of A human trial ending June 2016. Remember that trial was not including the Sertolin patent which prevents immune attack. That trial at U of A required the voluteers to take anti-rejection drugs and the islet cells were from donors and not stem cell grown. I think when they wrap up the results with that U of A trial, they will begin the next stage of human trials will be at Massachusetts U.S. where they partnered with Dr. Poznansky back in July 2015. I believe the next stage of human trials at Massachusetts will involve their own in-house grown stem-cell produced islet cells combined with the Sertolin patent so the volunteers don't have to take anti-rejection drugs. The question is what will the future hold between U of A James Shapiro and Sernova, as it looks like Sernova split from them and just wrapping up the trial started in 2012 and will only deal with Dr. Poznansky in Massachusetts from here on. I was hoping they would continue with U of A and expand trials to London or Toronto in Ontario, near Sernova's headquarters, to diversify the human trials to different locations across Canada and the U.S. I'd like to see it in Ontario so I can become a volunteer too :) Being a type 1 diabetic myself. I also found it interesting the the Cell Pouch can also be used to cure Liver Disease! Now the Government should really grant Sernova money as they kill off so many livers with so much LCBO locations in Canada promoting alcohol and liver damage! Lol