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Cheese · 02-03-2011, 12:41 PM

Adult stem cell research hits a snag

....embryonic stem cells can become any kind of cell in the human body, but it's another thing entirely to force a specialized adult cell out of its comfort zone. For instance, scientists can strip an adult blood cell of its programming, and make it act like a stem cell again. But the results aren't perfect. And, now, it looks like these "induced pluripotent stem cells" (or iPSCs) are even more flawed than researchers previously realized.

02-03-2011, 12:41 PM	#834
Cheese Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2002 Exp:	Adult stem cell research hits a snag ....embryonic stem cells can become any kind of cell in the human body, but it's another thing entirely to force a specialized adult cell out of its comfort zone. For instance, scientists can strip an adult blood cell of its programming, and make it act like a stem cell again. But the results aren't perfect. And, now, it looks like these "induced pluripotent stem cells" (or iPSCs) are even more flawed than researchers previously realized.