Stem cells: Research tools and clinical treatments

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 672-675

  Fahey, Michael C ^a,b   Wallace, Euan M ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

ethics; general paediatrics; genetics

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA;

ADULT STEM CELL; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL TYPE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STEM CELL RESEARCH; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CLONING, ORGANISM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EUROPE; HUMANS; STEM CELL RESEARCH; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053497321     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2011.02172.x     Document Type: Review

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