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Virus-free Pluripotency for Human Cells Tuesday, March 03, 2009 - Sarah Gingichashvili Home >> Headlines >> Medicine   
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For the first time, specialized human cells have been transformed into a state similar to that seen in embryonic stem cells, without using viruses. The advance edges stem-cell biologists closer to clearing a barrier to using reprogrammed cells for therapies and drug screening. "The field has been waiting for these papers," says Marie Csete, chief scientific officer at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine in San Francisco. (source: nature.com)
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