Testes stem cell can change into other body tissues, study shows
Monday, January 5, 2009 - 17:28
in Biology & Nature
Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine and at UC-San Francisco have succeeded in isolating stem cells from human testes. The cells bear a striking resemblance to embryonic stem cells — they can differentiate into each of the three main types of tissues of the body — but the researchers caution against viewing them as one and the same.
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