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The Cell-in-a-Box® live cell encapsulation technology employed by PharmaCyte Biotech is a “platform” upon which treatments for different diseases may be built. This technology encloses living cells in protective “cocoons” or “capsules” about the size of the head of a pin. The live cells inside the Cell-in-a-Box® capsules are nourished and thrive while the capsules are in the body and are protected from attack by the body’s immune system because they cannot escape from the capsules and immune system cells cannot enter the capsules and destroy them. The focus of PharmaCyte Biotech using this technology is to develop treatments for various forms of cancer, particularly pancreatic cancer, for abdominal cancers, for breast cancer and for diabetes.