title: Stem cells in 2009.
abstract: There is intense contemporary interest in the identity, stability, and potential of stem cells, in the body or in the lab. The unusually comprehensive view provided by the 7th annual meeting of the ISSCR provides a framework to summarize recent progress.
authors.affiliation: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-3703, USA. ronaldmckay@mac.com
authors.forename: Ronald D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: McKay
authors.forename: Derek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: van der Kooy
authors.forename: Thomas P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Zwaka
authors.forename: Haifan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D033041:Embryo Research; D006801:Humans; D057026:Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells; D012958:Societies, Scientific; D013030:Spain; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation; D013234:Stem Cells