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CRISPR/Cas9 Technology in Restoring Dystrophin Expression in iPSC-Derived Muscle Progenitors
Published on: September 14, 2019
Treating muscular dystrophy by stimulating intrinsic repair
Yu Xin Wang1, C Florian Bentzinger, Michael A Rudnicki
1Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L6, Canada.
Regenerative Medicine
|May 1, 2013
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