Stem cells, a two-edged sword: Risks and potentials of regenerative medicine

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 27, 2008, Pages 4273-4279

  Piscaglia, Anna Chiara ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell based therapy; Chronic liver diseases; Gastrointestinal diseases; Regenerative medicine; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER STEM CELL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CLONING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL STIMULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CYTOLOGY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FETAL STEM CELL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MUSCLE DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOLID TUMOR; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TARGET CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR; TISSUE STRUCTURE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GASTROENTEROLOGY; LIVER DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; REGENERATION; RISK; STEM CELL;

GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; REGENERATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; RISK; STEM CELLS;

EID: 55949115079     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.4273     Document Type: Editorial

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