Stem cell immortality mystery solved

Researchers have found a gene that is a key to embryonic stem cells’ ability to remain immortal.

Eurekalert: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-03/nioa-nrf032210.php

Reference

Research done at the US National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health and the research was published in Nature.

Zalzman et al. Zscan4 regulates telomere elongation and genomic stability in ES cells. Nature, 2010; DOI: 10.1038/nature08882