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Stem Cells in Fetal Tissue (The Kidney as a Model)

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During the process of development, a single cell, the fertilized ovum, becomes an entire functional organism that is made up of a vast number of cell types, each acting within the context of a specific organ or tissue, usually in cooperation with other types of cells.

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    Oren Pleniceanu & Benjamin Dekel

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Pleniceanu, O., Dekel, B. (2013). Stem Cells in Fetal Tissue (The Kidney as a Model). In: Bhattacharya, N., Stubblefield, P. (eds) Human Fetal Tissue Transplantation. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4171-6_9

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