Stem cells' 'suspended' state preserved by key step, scientists report
Thursday, July 9, 2009 - 08:49
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have identified a gene that is essential for embryonic stem cells to maintain their all-purpose, pluripotent state. Exploiting the finding may lead to a greater understanding of how cells acquire their specialised states and provide a strategy to efficiently reprogram mature cells back into the pluripotent state, an elusive step in stem cell research but one crucial to a range of potential clinical treatments...
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