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Nature Cell Biology 9, 481 (1 May 2007) | doi:10.1038/ncb0507-481a

Nature Reports Stem Cells

Stem cell research is only a quarter century old and it is already the most publicly visible of the biological sciences. This is not surprising, given the broad clinical potential, the ethically charged directions that some of the research is taking us in and, above all, the magic of uncovering the molecular nature of self renewal and immortality.