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SCIENCE
Volume 316, Issue 5823, Pages 404-405Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1137741
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- NICHD NIH HHS [R01 HD044445] Funding Source: Medline
- PHS HHS [HDO44445] Funding Source: Medline
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The production of functional male gametes is dependent on the continuous activity of germline stem cells. The availability of a transplantation assay system to unequivocally identify male germline stem cells has allowed their in vitro culture, cryopreservation, and genetic modification. Moreover, the system has enabled the identification of conditions and factors involved in stem cell self-renewal, the foundation of spermatogenesis, and the production of spermatozoa. The increased knowledge about these cells is also of great potential practical value, for example, for the possible cryopreservation of stem cells from boys undergoing treatment for cancer to safeguard their germ line.
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