International stem cell collaboration: How disparate policies between the United States and the United Kingdom impact research

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Luo, Jingyuan ^a   Flynn, Jesse M ^b   Solnick, Rachel E ^a   Ecklund, Elaine Howard ^a   Matthews, Kirstin R W ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHINA; CITATION ANALYSIS; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ITALY; JAPAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NETHERLANDS; POLICY; QUALITY CONTROL; SOUTH KOREA; SPAIN; STEM CELL; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; STEM CELL RESEARCH;

GREAT BRITAIN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLICY; STEM CELL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952428138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017684     Document Type: Article

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