Researchers produce cells they say are identical to embryonic stem cells

Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 13:42 in Biology & Nature

Scientists in China use cells from adult mice to breed new mice. The breakthrough results are hailed as an advance toward eliminating the need for fetal stem cells in a variety of applications. Two groups of Chinese researchers have performed an unprecedented feat, it was announced today, by inducing cells from connective tissue in mice to revert back to their embryonic state and...

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