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Scientists make stem cells from skin cells

(HealthDay News) UPDATED 2009-05-29

Scientists say they've found a way to transform skin cells into stem cells, an advance that could accelerate the field of regenerative medicine. In their new experiments, researchers used four introduced genes to reprogram skin cells to become indistinguishable from stem cells. The scientists say this discovery could solve the problem of rejection by the immune system, since this type of stem cell would be made from the patient's own skin cells. The investigators' results were so promising that they hope to begin human trials in the middle of 2010. Read full story >

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