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A guide to stem cell identification: progress and challenges in system-wide predictive testing with complex biomarkers.
BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology - 1 Nov 2011
Williams Roy, Schuldt Bernhard, Müller Franz-Josef
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We have developed a first generation tool for the unbiased identification and characterization of human pluripotent stem cells, termed PluriTest. This assay utilizes all the information contained on a microarray and abandons the conventional stem cell marker concept. Stem cells are defined by the ability to replenish themselves and to differentiate into more mature cell types. As differentiation potential is a...
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