Stem cell biology and drug discovery.

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Published in BMC Biol on June 07, 2011

Authors

Lee L Rubin1, Kelly M Haston

Author Affiliations

1: Dept of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. lee_rubin@harvard.edu

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