Resumo
We propose a program of basic and clinical research to isolate, culture, and characterize embryonic ,somatic, and neoplastic stem cells in order to understand their biology and apply this knowledge to therapy, comprising four research lines: (1) pluripotent stem cells (SC) (embryonic SC and induced pluripotent SC); (2) somatic SC (hematopoietic SC, mesenchymal SC, endothelial SC, and canc…