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The International Stem Cell Initiative: toward benchmarks for human embryonic stem cell research

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An international consortium is comparing the properties of 75 human embryonic stem cell lines.

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Figure 1: Countries of origin of hES cell lines in the Initiative.

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  1. Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK

    Peter W Andrews

  2. Department of Genetics, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel

    Nissim Benvenisty

  3. Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 20892, Maryland, USA

    Ron McKay

  4. Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University and the Australian Stem Cell Center, Clayton, 3800, Victoria, Australia

    Martin F Pera

  5. The Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, M5G1X5, Ontario, Canada

    Janet Rossant

  6. Department of Experimental Medical Science, Section of Developmental Biology, Lund University, Lund, SE-22184, Sweden

    Henrik Semb

  7. The National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, South Mimms, Potters Bar, EN6 3QG, Hertfordshire, UK

    Glyn N Stacey

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The Steering Committee of the International Stem Cell Initiative

  • Peter W Andrews
  • , Nissim Benvenisty
  • , Ron McKay
  • , Martin F Pera
  • , Janet Rossant
  • , Henrik Semb
  •  & Glyn N Stacey

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Correspondence to Peter W Andrews or Martin F Pera.

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The Steering Committee of the International Stem Cell Initiative. The International Stem Cell Initiative: toward benchmarks for human embryonic stem cell research. Nat Biotechnol 23, 795–797 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0705-795

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