Gene silencing may be responsible for induced pluripotent stem cells' limitations

Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 17:10 in Biology & Nature

Scientists may be one step closer to being able to generate any type of cells and tissues from a patient's own cells. Investigators have found that an important cluster of genes is inactivated in those induced pluripotent stem cells lacking the full development potential of embryonic stem cells.

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