Derivation of human embryonic stem cells at the Center of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona (original) (raw)

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We report here the legislative issues related to embryo research and human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research in Spain and the derivation of nine hESC lines at the Center of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona. You can find the information for obtaining our lines for research purposes at blc@cmrb.eu.

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Acknowledgments

The Stem Cell Bank at the Center for Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona wants to express its gratitude to Institut Universitari Dexeus, Fundació Puigvert and Clínica Girona for providing the embryos used in the derivations.

I.R-P. is a recipient of a MEC predoctoral fellowship. This work was partially supported by Red de Terapia Celular (Tercel) and Fundación Cellex grant (to JC.I.).

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1. Center for Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
   Begoña Aran, Ignasi Rodríguez-Pizà, Ángel Raya, Antonella Consiglio, Yolanda Muñoz, Juan Carlos Izpisúa & Anna Veiga
2. Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
   Ángel Raya
3. Networking Center of Biomedical Research in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Barcelona, Spain
   Ángel Raya
4. Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, Unit of Biochemistry, University of Brescia, 25123, Brescia, Italy
   Antonella Consiglio
5. Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproduction, Institut Universitary Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain
   Pere N. Barri & Anna Veiga
6. Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
   Juan Carlos Izpisúa

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1. Begoña Aran
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B. Aran and I. Rodríguez-Pizà contributed equally to this work.

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Aran, B., Rodríguez-Pizà, I., Raya, Á. et al. Derivation of human embryonic stem cells at the Center of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona.In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Animal 46, 356–366 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11626-010-9288-0

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• Received: 06 April 2009
• Accepted: 14 January 2010
• Published: 23 February 2010
• Issue Date: April 2010
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11626-010-9288-0

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