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Cell-based therapies for birth defects: a role for adult stem cell plasticity?
Birth defects research. Part C, Embryo today : reviews - 1 Aug 2003
Fang Te-Chao, Poulsom Richard
Abstract excerpt
Cell therapy can offer a reasonable approach to the treatment of specific birth defects, particularly those for which hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) can be used to restore (even partially) the number of cells, protein levels, or enzyme activity. Relatively few clinical experiences have been published on this subject, but when a natural selective advantage exists for the cell graft, a degree of "rescue" is...
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