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Stem cells in 2017

Digesting recent stem cell advances in the gut

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology volume 15, pages 78–80 (2018)Cite this article

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2017 has witnessed major advances in gut stem cell and cancer stem cell research, delivering key insights into their regulation, more defined culture methods and novel stem cell markers that collectively drive us ever closer to breakthroughs for regenerative medicine and cancer treatment in the clinic.

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Figure 1: Cancer stem cell plasticity and stem cell homeostasis in the gut.

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N.B. is supported by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and National Research Foundation (NRF), Singapore.

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  1. A*STAR Institute of Medical Biology, 8a Biomedical Grove, 138648 Singapore; and the Centre for Regenerative Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK.,

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  2. the Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi Kanazawa, 920–1192, Japan,

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Barker, N. Digesting recent stem cell advances in the gut. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 15, 78–80 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2017.176

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