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Ernst Schering Research Foundation Workshop 60

Stem Cells in Reproduction and in the Brain

Ernst Schering Research Foundation

Workshop 60

Stem Cells in Reproduction

and in the Brain

J. Morser, S.-I. Nishikawa, H.R. Schöler

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Preface

Almost every day the media report on the latest advances and break-

throughs in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. These stories

usually focus on either the short-term expectations for therapy or on

the ethical issues posed by the new technologies. Within the scientiﬁc

community, interest in stem cells has been increasing rapidly because

the study of stem cells is generating new insights into the fundamental

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