Researchers successfully reprogram keratinocytes attached to a single hair
Sunday, October 19, 2008 - 10:28
in Biology & Nature
The first reports of the successful reprogramming of adult human cells back into so-called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, which by all appearances looked and acted liked embryonic stem cells created a media stir. But the process was woefully inefficient: Only one out of 10,000 cells could be persuaded to turn back the clock...
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