Nanotechnology in stem cell biology and technology

Bionanotechnology: Global Prospects

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-23

  Baharvand, Hossein ^a   Mehrjardi, Narges Zare ^a  

^a ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

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