Pluripotent stem cells progressing to the clinic

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 194-200

  Trounson, Alan ^a   DeWitt, Natalie D ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Accendo   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL MODEL; BASIC RESEARCH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STARGARDT DISEASE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL- AND TISSUE-BASED THERAPY; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84959330157     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm.2016.10     Document Type: Review

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