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Bone Marrow-derived Macrophage Production
Published on: November 22, 2013
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From macrophage biology to macrophage-based cellular immunotherapies
Elvira Mass1, Nico Lachmann2,3,4
1Developmental Biology of the Immune System, Life & Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
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