Placenta
Volume 29 , Pages 17-19 , March 2008

Stem Cells from Fetal Membranes – A Workshop Report

  • M. Hemberger

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Developmental Genetics and Imprinting, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB22 3AT, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 1223 496 534; fax: +44 1223 496 022.
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  • W. Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Brown University Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
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  • D. Natale

      Affiliations

    • Department of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada
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  • T.L. Brown

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45435, USA
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  • C. Dunk

      Affiliations

    • Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto M5G 1X5, Canada
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  • C.E. Gargett

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Women's Health Research, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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  • S. Tanaka

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Cellular Biochemistry, Department of Animal Resource Sciences/Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

,Accepted 13 November 2007.

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PII: S0143-4004(07)00270-6

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2007.11.006

Placenta
Volume 29 , Pages 17-19 , March 2008

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