Strategies for developing therapeutic application of human embryonic stem cells

Physiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-28

  Raikwar, Sudhanshu P ^a   Mueller, Thomas ^a   Zavazava, Nicholas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO RESEARCH; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO RESEARCH; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 33644943788     PISSN: 15489213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00034.2005     Document Type: Review

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