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Nature 419, 334-336 (26 September 2002) | doi:10.1038/419334a

China: Stem cells rise in the East

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As China pours research funds into regenerative medicine, its scientists are starting to explore the field's technical and ethical frontiers. Carina Dennis visits the labs that are creating an international stir.

"When joy is at its highest
Sad thoughts run rife
Youth and strength, how short they last
How hopelessly we age!"Emperor Han Wudi, Western Han Dynasty1