Cardiac regeneration using HLA-matched induced pluripotent stem cells-no monkey business, but still a long and winding road ahead

Daniel Sinnecker^{1

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Affiliations

¹ 1st Medical Department, The University Hospital Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
² DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany.

Editorial

Daniel Sinnecker. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Mar.

. 2017 Mar;9(3):492-494.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.03.06.

Daniel Sinnecker^{1

2}

¹ 1st Medical Department, The University Hospital Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
² DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The author has no conflicts of interest to declare.

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