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Science 9 May 2003:
Vol. 300. no. 5621, pp. 911 - 912
DOI: 10.1126/science.1084819
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EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS:
Enhanced: Stem Cell Programs

Elias Zerhouni

The availability of human embryonic stem cell lines provides an important tool for scientists to explore the fundamental mechanisms that regulate differentiation into specific cell types. When more is known about the mechanisms that govern these processes, human embryonic stem cells may be clinically useful in generating cell types that have been damaged or depleted by a variety of human diseases. The NIH is actively pursuing a variety of initiatives to promote this developing research field, while continuing and expanding its long-standing investment in adult stem cells and research.

The author is at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

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