Stem Cell Research: New Way To Make Stem Cells Avoids Risk Of Cancer
Saturday, March 28, 2009 - 16:14
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have found a way to endow human skin cells with embryonic stem cell-like properties without inserting potentially problematic new genes into their DNA. They have now created induced human pluripotent stem (iPS) cells completely free of viral vectors and exotic genes.
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