Opportunities and Challenges of Human IPSC Technology in Kidney Disease Research

Jia-Jung Lee1,2,3,4, Chuang-Yu Lin5, Hung-Chun Chen1,2,3

  • 1Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.

Biomedicines
|December 23, 2022
PubMed

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