CAM and cell fate targeting: Molecular and energetic insights into cell growth and differentiation

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 277-283

  Ventura, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Differentiation; Energy medicine; Gene expression; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ENDORPHIN; GINSENG EXTRACT; GINSENOSIDE; GINSENOSIDE RH 1; GINSENOSIDE RH 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANGIOGENESIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BONE DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINEAGE; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENERGY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHESIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDITATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SERIAL ANALYSIS OF GENE EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 24344471766     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/neh100     Document Type: Review

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