title: [Research advances of adult stem cells and dental stem cells].
abstract: Human stem cells have a major effect in the development of human bodies. Acting as an in vitro model, human stem cells have a great value in the study of the mechanism of individual development and in the cell-replacement treatments and gene therapy of tissue deficiency diseases. The study of stem cells has been given rise to a keen interests in the bio-medical area at present. This paper reviews the present status and progress of adult stem cells and dental stem cells.
authors.affiliation: School of Dentistry, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong Province, China. wangduo@sdu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Duo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yi-jun
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Wei-shan
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Ding
mesh_terms: D053687:Adult Stem Cells; D003813:Dentistry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation