Toward a Reconceptualization of Stem Cells from Cellular Plasticity

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Tao Liu1, Li Chen2, Zhongjian Zhao3

  • 1Department of Infectious Diseases, Navy No.971 Hospital (formerly known as No.401 Hospital) of Chinese PLA, Qingdao, China.

International Journal of Stem Cells
|March 7, 2019
PubMed

Keywords:
DedifferentiationDifferentiationPlasticityStem cellsTransdifferentiation

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