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Do Adult Somatic Cells Undergo Reprogramming or Endogenous Pluripotent Stem Cells get Activated to Account for Plasticity, Regeneration and Cancer Initiation?

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Author wishes to acknowledge all her PhD and graduate students and project staff whose hard work has resulted to this understanding. Thanks also to various funding agencies which have supported this work.

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  1. Stem Cell Biology Department, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (Indian Council of Medical Research), Jehangir Merwanji Street, Parel, Mumbai, 400 012, India

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Bhartiya, D. Do Adult Somatic Cells Undergo Reprogramming or Endogenous Pluripotent Stem Cells get Activated to Account for Plasticity, Regeneration and Cancer Initiation?. Stem Cell Rev and Rep 13, 699–701 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12015-017-9749-x

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