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Cell therapy: Being patient

Cell therapies are as much about the patients as they are about the cells. Monya Baker meets two stem-cell scientists who have decided to put people first.

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Monya Baker is the editor of Nature Reports Stem Cells.

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Baker, M. Cell therapy: Being patient. Nature 455, 586–588 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/455586a

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