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IVF and the history of stem cells

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Embryo stem cells are poised to fulfil their considerable historical potential.

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  1. R.G. Edwards: winner of the 2001 Lasker Award for clinical research (see Nature 413, 242; 2001).

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Edwards, R. IVF and the history of stem cells. Nature 413, 349–351 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35096649

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