Clean Pigs Offer Alternative to Stem Cell Transplants
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Gerard Socie, MD, PhD, is Head of the HematologyImmunology-Oncology Division at the Hospital St Louis, Paris; Professor of Hematology at the University Paris 7; and current President of the French Society of Hematology Financial and other disclosures provided by the author using the ICMJE (www.icmje.org) Uniform Format for Disclosure of Competing Interests are available with the full text of th...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Science
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0036-8075,1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.326.5956.1049-a