About the Authors
- Sally Metsuyanim
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Stem Cell Research Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Orit Harari-Steinberg
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Stem Cell Research Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Ella Buzhor
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Stem Cell Research Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Dorit Omer
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Stem Cell Research Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Naomi Pode-Shakked
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Stem Cell Research Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Herzl Ben-Hur
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Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assaf Harofe Medical Center, Zeriffin, Israel
- Reuvit Halperin
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Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assaf Harofe Medical Center, Zeriffin, Israel
- David Schneider
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Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assaf Harofe Medical Center, Zeriffin, Israel
- Benjamin Dekel
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* E-mail: benjamin.dekel@gmail.com
Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Stem Cell Research Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Competing Interests
A US provisional patent application has been filed by Sheba Medical Center that is relevant to the use of isolated populations of renal stem/progenitor cells: Isolated Populations of Renal Stem Cells and Methods of Isolating and Using Them 61/202,425. The authors have no conflicts of interest.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SM OHS BD. Performed the experiments: SM OHS EB NPS. Analyzed the data: SM OHS DO BD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HBH RH DS. Wrote the paper: BD.