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Embryonic stem cells without embryos?

Two novel methods for generating mouse ES cells may represent more ethically acceptable methods for producing human ES cells.

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Figure 1: Two new methods of ES cell derivation are shown.

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Grompe, M. Embryonic stem cells without embryos?. Nat Biotechnol 23, 1496–1497 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1205-1496

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