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Fine-Tuning Stem Cell Technology

By Jin Han Hong, Clarksburg


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Monday, July 21, 2008 | The induced pluripotent stem cells is the greatest breakthrough yet in this industry. The biggest drawback, however, is the viral component in that technology. Recently, Professor Sheng Ding from Scripps Research Institute developed two chemical cocktails, replacing viral vectors targeting four genes.

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2 Comments so far on this story...

using chemicals to reprogram adult cells into es cells sounds like agreat idea but, I say why waste the time when their is already a better and easer method, why not just use the ace system.

Posted by jim billings | reply to this comment
August 6, 2008 11:24 am

using chemicals to reprogram adult cells into es cells sounds like agreat idea but, I say why waste the time when their is already a better and easer method, why not just use the ace system.

Posted by jim billings | reply to this comment
August 6, 2008 11:24 am


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