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European Journal of Dermatology

What's new this month? Volume 27, numéro 3, May-June 2017

Auteurs
Ignacio Hernandez-Aragues 1
Nélia Cunha 2
Kinda Fattouh 3
Verena Frings 4
Natasha Stembridge 5
François Kuonen 6
1 Dermatology Department,
General University Hospital Gregorio Marañon,
Madrid,
Spain
2 Dermatology Department,
Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos - Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central,
Lisboa,
Portugal
3 Dermatology Department,
Hôpital Edouard Herriot,
Lyon,
France
4 Department of Dermatology,
Venerology and Allergology,
University Hospital Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2,
97080 Wuerzburg,
Germany
5 Dermatology Department,
Addenbrookes Hospital,
Hills Road,
Cambridge,
UK
6 Department of Dermatology and Venereology,
Hôpital de Beaumont,
Lausanne University Hospital Center,
Av. de Beaumont 29,
CH-1011 Lausanne,
Switzerland

Stem cells (SCs) have numerous potentially promising applications that have been reported over the last few years. In this issue of the European Journal of Dermatology, Niezgoda et al. summarise the most recent data on stem cells and their potential clinical application [1]. Special emphasis is made on adult or somatic SCs, which are usually of the uni- or multipotent type. The restricted pluripotency of these SCs makes them more adequate for their use in humans, as they present no oncogenic properties [...]