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An extraordinary amount has been learned during recent decades about the mechanisms that regulate early development and this understanding has provided the intellectual basis for exciting technical innovations. These in turn are already providing important new opportunities in research and therapy. While it is true that the present methods have limitations that must be overcome, it also seems very likely that there are important additional opportunities that have not yet been explored.
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Wilmut, I. (2011). Introduction: Stem Cells – What Next?. In: Ainscough, J., Yamanaka, S., Tada, T. (eds) Nuclear Reprogramming and Stem Cells. Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-225-0_2
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