Commentary
Nature Biotechnology 27, 606 - 613 (2009)
doi:10.1038/nbt0709-606
Developing safe therapies from human pluripotent stem cells
Melissa K Carpenter1, Joyce Frey-Vasconcells2 & Mahendra S Rao3
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Melissa K. Carpenter is at the Carpenter Group, San Diego, California, USA
e-mail: m_carpenter@mac.com - Joyce Frey-Vasconcells is at Pharmanet Consulting, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- Mahendra S. Rao is at Invitrogen Corp., Frederick, Maryland, USA.
Abstract
Translation of human pluripotent stem cells into cell therapies will require the development of standardized tests for product consistency, stability, tumorigenicity, toxicity and immunogenicity.
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