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Adeno-associated virus (AAV)
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EuroGCT Current and Potential Uses Graphic

Do you have a decision to make around your own healthcare, or the healthcare of a loved one?

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Considering a treatment offer?

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Organoids: what are they and how do they help regenerative medicine?

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fertility and reproduction

Reproduction and Fertility: How could stem cells help?

Related Topics Reproduction and Fertility Current and Potential Uses Explore Stem Cells Factsheets iPS cells Reprogramming
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The image shows the location of the thymus in the human body. The thymus is located within the chest cavity, behind the breastbone and between the lungs.

Regenerating The Thymus

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Eye

The eye and stem cells: the path to treating blindness

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Stem cells and equine health

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Stroke: how could stem cells help?

Stroke: how could stem cells help?

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Keratinocyte colonies

Skin stem cells: where do they live and what can they do?

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Origins, ethics and embryos: the sources of human embryonic stem cells

Origins, ethics and embryos: the sources of human embryonic stem cells

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Human neural stem cells

Motor neurone disease: how could stem cells help?

Related Topics Motor Neurone Disease Current and Potential Uses Factsheets
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New tools for disease research: reprogrammed cells in disease modelling

New tools for disease research: reprogrammed cells in disease modelling

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Human mesenchymal stem cells

MSCs: the 'other' bone marrow stem cells

Related Topics Cell and Gene Fundamentals Factsheets Methods and Tools MSCs
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Lung stem cells in health, repair and disease

Lung stem cells in health, repair and disease

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Reprogrammed skin cells

Cell identity and reprogramming

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Types of stem cells and their uses

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Human iPS cell colonies

iPS cells and reprogramming: turn any cell of the body into a stem cell

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Neurons grown from embryonic stem cells

Huntington’s disease: how could stem cells help?

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Chronic liver disease: how could regenerative medicine help?

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Muscular dystrophy: how could stem cells help?

Related Topics Muscle and Skeletal Diseases Muscular Dystrophy Rare Diseases Current and Potential Uses Factsheets
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