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Stem cells: From embryology to cellular therapy? An appraisal of the present state of art

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A series of publications has dealt in the last years with topics as the isolation, properties and applications of animal stem cells (Weissman 2000. Cell 100: 157–168; Weissman 2002. N. Engl. J. Med. 346: 1567–1579; Lovell-Badge 2001. Nature 414: 88–91; Marshak et al. 2001. Stem Cell Biology. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, New york; Eridani 2002. J. Roy. Soc. Med. 95: 5–8; Borge and Evers 2003. Cytotechnology 41: 59–68; Sgaramella 2003. Cytotechnology 41: 69–73), however, the bonanza of experimental data recently accumulating have raised such an amount of controversial views and discussions that time perhaps has come for a reassessment of the basic facts in this peculiar area of research and an evaluation of possible, not unrealistic, implications.

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    Sandro Eridani

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  3. Department of Neurology and Lab. Neuroscience, “Dino Ferrari” Center, University of Milan Med. School, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milano

    Lidia Cova

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Eridani, S., Sgaramella, V. & Cova, L. Stem cells: From embryology to cellular therapy? An appraisal of the present state of art. Cytotechnology 44, 125–141 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10616-004-2067-6

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