Laser and Cosmetic News covers the latest advances in laser surgery, light technology, phototherapy, and cosmetic surgery. New and emerging therapies, noteworthy publications, and exciting meeting developments will be highlighted. Controversies and opinions about the future in this field will be addressed. The aim of this column is to keep you abreast of the cutting edge in laser and cosmetic surgery.
The reprogramming of somatic stem cells derived from adult human skin into a pluripotent stem cell state has recently been achieved. Fibroblasts isolated from adult human skin were transduced using retroviral vectors carrying 4 key transcription factors: Oct4, Sox2, c-Myc and Klf4 or ...