NIA researchers find gene to explain mouse embryonic stem cell immortality

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 20:43 in Biology & Nature

Researchers at the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, have discovered a key to embryonic stem (ES) cell rejuvenation in a gene—Zscan4—as reported in the March 24, 2010, online issue of Nature. This breakthrough finding could have major implications for aging research, stem cell biology, regenerative medicine and cancer biology.

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