## Abstract Pluripotent stem cells, embryonic stem (ES) cells and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, both hold great promise for the understanding and treatment of disease. They can be used for drug testing, as in vitro models for human disease progression, and for transplantation therapies. Res
The prospect of pluripotent stem cell-based therapy
β Scribed by G. G. Borisenko
- Book ID
- 111472124
- Publisher
- Pleiades Publishing
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 131 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1990-7508
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