2013 Runme Shaw memorial lecture: clinical applications of stem cells in modern medicine--21st century and beyond.

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  • Huck Hui Ng
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1Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore Address for Correspondence: Dr Huck Hui Ng, 60 Biopolis Street, #02-01, Genome Building, Singapore 138672. Email: [email protected] The rapid advancement of biomedical research in the recent years was propelled by a series of groundbreaking technological inventions and breakthrough discoveries. In this lecture, I will discuss about the scientifi c achievements that led to different eras of intense research with profound impact on biomedicine, focusing on the use of stem cells for research and clinical applications.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore

دوره 43 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014