Extreme makeover: Stanford scientists explore new way to change cell's identity
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 - 11:49
in Biology & Nature
STANFORD, Calif. -- Even cells aren't immune to peer pressure. Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have now shown that skin cells can be coaxed to behave like muscle cells -- and muscle cells like skin cells -- solely by altering who they hang out with: the relative levels of the ingredients inside the cell.