Restoring stemness.
This essay is focused on a specific line of research toward regenerative therapies that is based on the use of embryonic stem cells but tries to avoid cloning techniques that are the heart of current ethical debates.
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Laboratory of Mammalian Genes and Development National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NIH, PHS, HHS Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. westphal@mail.nih.gov
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