Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Research in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Stem Cell Reviews and Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 629-639

  Gheisari, Yousof ^a   Baharvand, Hossein ^b   Nayernia, Karim ^c   Vasei, Mohammad ^d,e  

^a SABZ Biomedicals Science Based Company   (Iran)

^b ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^c Advanced Molecular and Cellular Technologies   (Canada)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bibliometric analysis; Ethics; Iran; Stem cell research; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; IRAN; LEGAL ASPECT; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; STEM CELL RESEARCH; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; IRAN; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; STEM CELL RESEARCH; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84865558455     PISSN: 15508943     EISSN: 15586804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12015-011-9343-6     Document Type: Review

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