Harmonizing standards for producing clinical-grade therapies from pluripotent stem cells

Affiliations

• ¹ 1] Centre for Stem Cell Biology, Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield Western Bank, Sheffield, UK. [2] Coordinator of the International Stem Cell Initiative.
• ² Alliance for Regenerative Medicine/Athersys, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
• ³ International Society for Cell Therapy, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
• ⁴ American Society of Hematology, University of Toronto and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• ⁵ 1] National Institutes of Health Center for Regenerative Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. [2] New York Stem Cell Foundation, New York, New York, USA.
• ⁶ Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service Headquarters, Edinburgh, UK.
• ⁷ Scottish Center for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh BioQuarter, Edinburgh, UK.
• ⁸ 1] Kyoto Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. [2] International Society for Stem Cell Research at the time of submission and acceptance of this work.