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iPS cells—Alternative pluripotent cells to embryo stem cells

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Pei, X. iPS cells—Alternative pluripotent cells to embryo stem cells. Sci. China Life Sci. 53, 154–156 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-010-0020-9

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