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Derivation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells by Immunosurgery
Published on: December 13, 2007
[Human embryonic stem cells: practical problems and scientific potentialities]
A Hatzfeld1, I Peiffer, J Hatzfeld
1Centre national de la recherche scientifique, UPR 9045 oncologie virale, institut André-Lwoff, 7, rue Guy-Moquet, 94800 Villejuif, France. ahatzfel@vjf.cnrs.fr
Abstract:
Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) are derived from pre-implantation embryos given to research with the informed consent of the parents. These cells cannot give rise to a human being: they are not totipotent. They have an unlimited self-renewal capacity and they can generate the three embryonic germ layers, their respective derivatives and the extra-embryonic tissues: they are pluripotent. These cells represent an outstanding material for understanding functional genomics of not yet characterized human genes. They will be an important tool for pharmaceutical and clinical research.
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