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We are grateful to Dr. Alan Schechter (US National Institutes of Health) for his insightful comments. This work was supported by a grant KFO 252/1 of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (to S.R.B.) and the Center for Regenerative Therapies and by a grant of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research for the German Australian Institute for Translational Medicine AUS 10/802 (to S.R.B. and J.L.).

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Bornstein, S., Licinio, J. Improving the efficacy of translational medicine by optimally integrating health care, academia and industry. Nat Med 17, 1567–1569 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.2583

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