Engineered Pig Stem Cells Bridge The Mouse-human Gap

Thursday, June 4, 2009 - 10:35 in Biology & Nature

Researchers have created a line of embryonic-like stem cells from adult pigs. As pigs are large animals with a physiology very similar to humans, this work provides a valuable model to study the clinical potential of this new "induced pluripotent stem cell" technology.

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