Stem cell research was blasted onto the front pages again with the recent reports that human skin cells could be reprogrammed, with a fairly simple recipe, to act much like embryonic stem cells. Though early, the findings are by any measure huge, opening the door to unlimited sources of pluripotent stem cells for research and potential clinical use…
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