Phys Org: http://www.physorg.com/news191416342.html

Note: The research has provided important clues to how to develop iPSCs that are equivalent to embryonic stem cells, which are for now the gold standard in stem cell research re: their ability to develop into any of the body’s cells.

Reference

Stadtfeld, M. et al^. Aberrant silencing of imprinted genes on chromosome 12qF1 in mouse induced pluripotent stem cells. Nature advance online publication 25 April 2010 | doi:10.1038/nature09017

Tags: bio-ethics, biotechnology, embryonic stem cell, epigenetics, gene silencing, induced pluripotent stem cell, iPS

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