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Mr. Clean Seasoned

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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 7:21 am Post subject: More on Stem Cells |
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This could be another breakthrough for hair stemcells...
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20120824/Scientists-develop-reliable-method-to-convert-adult-blood-cells-into-iPSCs.aspx
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Johns Hopkins scientists have developed a reliable method to turn the clock back on blood cells, restoring them to a primitive stem cell state from which they can then develop into any other type of cell in the body.
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"Taking a cell from an adult and converting it all the way back to the way it was when that person was a 6-day-old embryo creates a completely new biology toward our understanding of how cells age and what happens when things go wrong, as in cancer development,"
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oscar the grunge Seasoned

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