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var input = 'Current addresses:  &dagger;    Biopharmaceutical Research and Development<br />&Dagger;    Clovis Oncology<br />&sect;  Pisces Molecular <br />||  School of Biological Sciences &para;  Department of Chemistry<br />';

var result = input.match(/&#?[^\W_]+;\s[^&]*/g);

for (var i=0; i<result.length; i++)
{
  document.writeln('<pre>(' + (i+1) + ') ' + result[i] + '</pre>');
}