SWhat changed
Derived and characterized human embryonic stem-cell lines with sustained pluripotent traits.
Scientific scope
The record is the exact seven-author 1998 laboratory report. It is not a clinical transplantation or therapy result, does not resolve the ethical issues surrounding embryo-derived cells and does not absorb later induced-pluripotent or organoid work.
Evidence
The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact seven-author 1998 laboratory report. It is not a clinical transplantation or therapy result, does not resolve the ethical issues surrounding embryo-derived cells and does not absorb later induced-pluripotent or organoid work.
Contributors
- James A. Thomson · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Sander S. Shapiro · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Michelle A. Waknitz · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Jennifer J. Swiergiel · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Vivienne S. Marshall · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Jeffrey M. Jones · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- PubMed record for human embryonic stem-cell lines
- UW-Madison contemporary report on embryonic stem-cell culture
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