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Stem cells in a new light

Nature Biotechnology volume 26, pages 187–188 (2008)Cite this article

Photoreceptor-like cells generated from embryonic stem cells hold promise for treating diseases of the retina.

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Figure 1: Schematic presentation of the process of deriving photoreceptors from mouse and primate ES cells.

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  1. Henry Klassen is at the Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California 92868, USA. hklassen@uci.edu,

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  2. Benjamin Reubinoff is at the Hadassah Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Center, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, 91120 Israel. benjamin.reubinoff@ekmd.huji.ac.il,

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Klassen, H., Reubinoff, B. Stem cells in a new light. Nat Biotechnol 26, 187–188 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0208-187

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