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Harnessing stem cells for health needs in India.

Lander B, Thorsteinsdóttir H, Singer PA, Daar AS

McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada.

While industrialized countries' stem cell research will be transferable to the developing world, research conducted by developing countries offers the potential to target innovation to local context, make treatments more affordable, and aid in economic development. India demonstrates that stem cell research and development (R&D) is not confined to industrialized countries and has begun to harness stem cells to address its own health needs.

Published 2 July 2008 in Cell Stem Cell, 3(1): 11-5.
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