Extreme makeover: Stanford scientists explore new way to change cell's identity
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 - 13:00
in Biology & Nature
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...