Rewiring Immunity: Generating a Functional Thymus from hESCs… Are We There Yet?

Two papers in this issue of Cell Stem Cell have made a significant advance in solving one of the great challenges of modern immunology—resurrecting thymus function through the induction of thymus epithelial cells (TECs) by directed differentiation of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs).

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Published in:	Cell stem cell Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 135 - 136
Main Authors:	Boyd, Richard L., Soh, Chew-Li, Boyd, Nicholas R., Stanley, Edouard G., Chidgey, Ann P.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01-08-2013
Subjects:	Animals Cell Differentiation Cellular Microenvironment Embryonic Stem Cells - cytology Epithelial Cells - cytology Epithelium - growth & development Humans T-Lymphocytes - cytology Thymus Gland - cytology Thymus Gland - growth & development
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Summary:	Two papers in this issue of Cell Stem Cell have made a significant advance in solving one of the great challenges of modern immunology—resurrecting thymus function through the induction of thymus epithelial cells (TECs) by directed differentiation of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs).
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 ObjectType-Commentary-1 ObjectType-Article-1 ObjectType-Feature-2
ISSN:	1934-5909 1875-9777
DOI:	10.1016/j.stem.2013.07.015