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Human embryonic stem cells: origins, characteristics and potential for regenerative therapy
1 Feb 2008
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Stem cells and their use in regenerative therapies are currently hot topics in both biology and medicine. For transfusion scientists the concept of cell therapy is not a new idea but rather a fundamental practice in this field. Bone marrow transplantation was pioneered in the 1960s and relies on the capacity of haemopoietic stem cells in the donated bone marrow to completely reconstitute the blood system of the...
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