Researchers develop a new method for turning skin cells into pluripotent stem cells
Friday, July 6, 2018 - 05:41
in Biology & Nature
Our bodies consist of many different kinds of cells, each with their own role. The Japanese scientist Shinya Yamanaka had made earlier the discovery, earning the Nobel Prize in 2012, that cells from adult skin can be converted to cells typical of early embryos, so-called induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC). This process is called reprogramming.