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Defined Culture Media for Human Embryonic Stem Cells

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  1. Department of Anatomy, University of Wisconsin Medical School, 470 N. Charter Street, 53706-1509, Madison, WI, USA

    Tenneille Ludwig

  2. Department of Anatomy, University of Wisconsin Medical School, 470 N. Charter Street, 53706-1509, Madison, WI, USA

    James A. Thomson

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  1. University College London, London, UK

    John R. Masters

  2. University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

    Bernhard O. Palsson

  3. University of Wisconsin Medical School, 470 N. Charter Street, 53706-1509, Madison, WI, USA

    James A. Thomson

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Ludwig, T., Thomson, J.A. (2007). Defined Culture Media for Human Embryonic Stem Cells. In: Masters, J.R., Palsson, B.O., Thomson, J.A. (eds) Human Cell Culture. Human Cell Culture, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5983-4_1

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