Embryonic Stem Cells

In one section of Broken Paradigm, scientist Jason Lane describes how stem cells can be created for medical research from adult skin cells, eliminating the need to harvest these cells from human embryos, which are destroyed in the process. This article in Nature discusses a new breakthough in this technique.

http://www.nature.com/news/stem-cells...






Stem cells made with near-perfect efficiency

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Elimination of single protein boosts reprogramming yield and consistency.