Scientists Achieve Embryonic Stem Cells from the Skin!

In the end, there may be no need to kill human embryos for getting stem cells, as two teams have achieved embryonic stem cells from human skin cells. The newly induced pluripotent cells could turn into various cell types of the human organism. "The advantage of using [such] reprogrammed skin ... [ read more >> ]

Injected pluripotent cells developed teratomas葉umors containing many different types of tissue, including neural tissue (seen here), cartilage, and gut epithelium.

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Injected pluripotent cells developed teratomas葉umors containing many different types of tissue, including neural tissue (seen here), cartilage, and gut epithelium.