Commentary Berashis cells in human umbilical cord blood vs. embryonic stem cells

Journal of Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 167-171

  Ende, Norman ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Berashis cells; Cord blood; Embryonic stem cells; Therapeutic potential

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL MODEL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BERASHIS CELL; BLAST CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EMBRYO CELL; FETUS GROWTH; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LIFESPAN; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PARKINSON DISEASE; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; XENOGRAFT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FETUS BLOOD; HUMAN; MOUSE; NEWBORN; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELL; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELLS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0042308537     PISSN: 00257850     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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