Human embryonic stem cells and reprogrammed cells virtually identical
Thursday, August 5, 2010 - 11:21
in Biology & Nature
Human embryonic stem (ES) cells and adult cells reprogrammed to an embryonic stem cell-like state -so-called induced pluripotent stem or iPS cells -exhibit very few differences in their gene expression signatures and are nearly indistinguishable in their chromatin state, according to Whitehead Institute researchers.