Lab-made skin cells will aid transplantation, cancer, drug discovery research, say scientists
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 13:30
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have found a way to create melanocytes from mouse tail cells using embryonic stem cell-like intermediates called inducible pluripotent (iPS) cells. They converted mouse tail-tip fibroblasts into iPS cells, producing pluripotent cells similar to embryonic stem cells, but without the concomitant ethical issues.