An organized and functional thymus generated from FOXN1-reprogrammed fibroblasts.

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Published in Nat Cell Biol on August 24, 2014

Authors

Nicholas Bredenkamp1, Svetlana Ulyanchenko2, Kathy Emma O'Neill2, Nancy Ruth Manley3, Harsh Jayesh Vaidya2, Catherine Clare Blackburn2

Author Affiliations

1: 1] Medical Research Council Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Stem Cell Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, SCRM Building, 5 Little France Drive, Edinburgh EH16 4UU, UK [2].
2: Medical Research Council Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Stem Cell Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, SCRM Building, 5 Little France Drive, Edinburgh EH16 4UU, UK.
3: Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA.

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