Organogenesis: making pancreas from liver

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Efficient Generation of Pancreas/Duodenum Homeobox Protein 1+ Posterior Foregut/Pancreatic Progenitors from hPSCs in Adhesion Cultures
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Published on: March 27, 2019

Valerie A McLin1, Aaron M Zorn

  • 1Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition,Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA.

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|February 8, 2003
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