Untapping the potential of human retinal pigmented epithelial cells

Pete Coffey

doi:10.1016/j.stem.2011.12.014

Untapping the potential of human retinal pigmented epithelial cells

Cell Stem Cell. 2012 Jan 6;10(1):1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2011.12.014.

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Pete Coffey¹

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¹ Ocular Biology and Therapeutics, UCL-Institute of Ophthalmology, London EC1V 9EL, UK. [email protected]

PMID: 22226345
DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2011.12.014

Abstract

The innate capacity of adult somatic cells has many potential applications in regenerative medicine. In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Salero et al. (2012) describe an adult retinal stem cell population capable of generating neural and mesenchymal cell lineages.

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