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Defined substrates for pluripotent stem cells: are we there yet?

Synthetic surfaces displaying a glycosaminoglycan-binding peptide derived from vitronectin support long-term culture of human pluripotent stem cells.

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Figure 1: Defined culture methods for human pluripotent stem cells.

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Elefanty, A., Stanley, E. Defined substrates for pluripotent stem cells: are we there yet?. Nat Methods 7, 967–968 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth1210-967

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