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Published online 24 January 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050124-1
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Human stem cells trigger immune attack
Doubt cast on therapeutic use of embryonic cell lines.
Most human embryonic stem-cell lines, including those available to federally funded researchers in the United States, may be useless for therapeutic applications. The body's immune defences would probably attack the cells, say US researchers.
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