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Mammalian stem cells in vitro as a basis for the development of new biotechnologies

L. L. Lukash, S. V. Vasilovskaya

In this review we considered the main directions of the research using stem celts of human and animals: the creation of cellular banks, an investigation of the properties of the polipotent stem cells and obtaining of immortal cell lines, a role of growth factors and cytokines in the differentiation of the stem cells, cell therapy as an alternative of organ transplantation, recapitulation of the embryo-genesis and animal cloning.