Nature Biotechnology
21, 760 - 761 (2003)
doi:10.1038/nbt0703-760
ES cells prove egg-straordinaryGeorge Q Daley
The author is in the Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Whitehead Institute, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. daley@wi.mit.edu
The observation that embryonic stem cells can not only differentiate into oocytes, but also form blastocyst-like structures has provocative implications for basic research and beyond.
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