An introduction to stem cells

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1998 saw the publication of two papers describing the growth in vitro of human embryonic stem (ES) cells derived either from the inner cell mass (ICM) of the early blastocyst or the primitive gonadal regions of early aborted fetuses. Work on murine ES cells over many years had already established the amazing flexibility of ES cells, essentially able to differentiate into almost all cells that arise from the three...

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