Stem cell research: Immortality or a healthy old age?

European Journal of Endocrinology, Supplement

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Mummery, Christine ^a  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTHRITIS; BLASTOCYST; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINE; CELL TYPE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLITICS; RELIGIOUS GROUP; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SPINAL CORD LESION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STROKE; TERATOCARCINOMA; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL LINE; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO RESEARCH; HUMANS; MICE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 10344247627     PISSN: 08044635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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