The UK stem cell bank: Securing the past, validating the present, protecting the future1

Science as Culture

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-56

  Stephens, Neil ^a   Atkinson, Paul ^a   Glasner, Peter ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84861652307     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09505430701872970     Document Type: Article

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