Human embryonic stem cells and good manufacturing practice: report of a 1- day workshop held at stem cell biology research center, Yazd, 27[th] April 2017

This report explains briefly the minutes of a 1-day workshop entitled; "human embryonic stem cells [hESCs] and good manufacturing practice [GMP]" held by Stem Cell Biology Research Center based in Yazd Reproductive Sciences Institute at Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran on 27[th] April 2017. In this workshop, in addition to the practical sessions, Prof. Harry D. Moore from Centre for Stem Cell Biology, University of Sheffield, UK presented the challenges and the importance of the biotechnology of clinical-grade human embryonic stem cells from first derivation to robust defined culture for therapeutic applications

stem cell session of the 7[th] Yazd International congress and student award in reproductive medicine held at Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences

This paper summarizes the proceedings of the stem cell session of the "7[th] Yazd International Congress and Student Award in Reproductive Medicine" held at Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran, on 28-30 April 2017. Here, we collected the papers of the session entitled: "Stem Cells, Good manufacturing practice, and tissue engineering", that presented and discussed at this meeting by the international and national experts of the overlaps of the fields of stem cells and reproductive medicine, and the translation of these efforts towards practical application in regenerative medicine