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The significance of induced pluripotent stem cells for basic research and clinical therapy
Abstract
It is argued that the use of induced pluripotent stem cells for regenerative therapy may soon be ethically practicable and could sidestep the various objections pertaining to other types of stem cell (human embryonic stem cells, and stem cells obtained by altered nuclear transfer or somatic cell nuclear transfer).
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Funding: None declared.
Competing interests: None.
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