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Outlook for stem cells in medicine

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Study of stem cells by methods of molecular and cellular biology brings us closer to understanding the basis of life. At the same time, the problem of stem cells has great social resonance caused, first of all, by their potential to treat pancreatic diabetes, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, and cardiovascular diseases. Prospects for stem cells in medical practice and the ethical problems that arise are discussed.

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  1. M. A. Pal’tsev
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Original Russian Text © M.A. Pal’tsev, V.N. Smirnov, A.A. Ivanov, 2009, published in Vestnik Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, 2009, Vol. 79, No. 11, pp. 1012–1019.

RAS Academician Mikhail Aleksandrovich Pal’tsev is rector of the Sechenov Medical Academy, Moscow, and a full member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. RAS Corresponding Member Vladimir Nikolaevich Smirnov is director of the Institute of Experimental Cardiology of the Russian Ministry of Health and Social Development and a full member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. Prof. Aleksei Alekseevich Ivanov is a deputy director of the Research Institute of Molecular Medicine at the Sechenov Medical Academy, Moscow.

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Pal’tsev, M.A., Smirnov, V.N. & Ivanov, A.A. Outlook for stem cells in medicine. Her. Russ. Acad. Sci. 79, 587–592 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1019331609060112

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