The advancement of human pluripotent stem cell-derived therapies into the clinic

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 142, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 3077-3084

  Scott Thies, R ^a   Murry, Charles E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical medicine; HPSC cardiomyocytes; Human pluripotent stem cell

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; RETINAL DEGENERATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRANSPLANTATION; TRENDS;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL- AND TISSUE-BASED THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; RETINAL DEGENERATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84942163217     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.126482     Document Type: Article

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