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In vitro differentiation of human parthenogenetic stem cells into neural lineages.
Regenerative medicine - 1 Jan 2012
Isaev Dmitry A, Garitaonandia Ibon, Abramihina Tatiana V, Zogovic-Kapsalis Tatjana, West Richard A, Semechkin Andrey Y, Müller Albrecht M, Semechkin Ruslan A
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Human parthenogenetic stem cells are derived from the inner cell mass of blastocysts obtained from unfertilized oocytes that have been stimulated to develop without any participation of male gamete. As parthenogenesis does not involve the destruction of a viable human embryo, the derivation and use of human parthenogenetic stem cells does not raise the same ethical concerns as conventional embryonic stem cells....
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