Creating Stem Cells Without Embryos
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- Researchers discover adult cell that acts like stem cell from embryos. Gottlieb, Scott // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);6/29/2002, Vol. 324 Issue 7353, p1544
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- Back to the Future. Beardsley, Timothy M. // BioScience;Sep2007, Vol. 57 Issue 8, p643
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- pluripotent, pluripotential. // Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (2009);2009, Issue 21, p1809
The definitions of the medical terms "pluripotent" or "pluripotential," which pertains to an embryonic cell that can form various types of cells, or having a number of different functions, are presented.
- Cloning for Dollars. Lustig, Andrew // Commonweal;6/17/2005, Vol. 132 Issue 12, p7
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- JDF NEWS. // Countdown;Summer2002, Vol. 23 Issue 3, p48
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- Corrigendum: Highly efficient neural conversion of human ES and iPS cells by dual inhibition of SMAD signaling. Chambers, Stuart M; Fasano, Christopher A; Papapetrou, Eirini P; Tomishima, Mark; Sadelain, Michel; Studer, Lorenz // Nature Biotechnology;May2009, Vol. 27 Issue 5, p485
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