Commentary: Somatic cell nuclear transfer - Progress and promise

Stem Cells

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 494-495

  Cervera, Rita Pilar ^a   Stojkovic, Miodrag ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cells; Nuclear transfer; Reprogramming; Somatic stem cells

Indexed keywords

BLASTOMERE; CANCER CELL; CELL CLONING; CELL ISOLATION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE COURSE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENUCLEATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; RETROVIRUS; SOMATIC CELL;

EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 40949095604     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2008-0025     Document Type: Note

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