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Who's in favor of translational cell therapy for stroke: STEPS forward please?
Michael Chopp1, Gary K Steinberg, Douglas Kondziolka
1Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA.
Cell Transplantation
|October 3, 2009
Abstract:
A consortium of translational stem cell and stroke experts from multiple academic institutes and biotechnology companies, under the guidance of the government (FDA/NIH), is missing. Here, we build a case for the establishment of this consortium if cell therapy for stroke is to advance from the laboratory to the clinic.
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