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Article: University of Colorado Denver Researchers Find Safer Method for Transforming Skin Cells Into Stem Cells; Research Brings Embryonic Stem Cell Research/Possible Human Therapies One Step Closer to Reality.
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- August 21, 2009
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Byline: University of Colorado Denver
AURORA, Colo., Aug. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Colorado Denver's School of Medicine have announced a new way to convert human skin cells to stem cells. In late 2007, a Japanese team reported that they had inserted four human genes into ordinary human skin cells and reprogrammed those cells into stem cells - cells possessing the same properties as embryonic stem cells, that could then become almost any other cell in the body. While a remarkable achievement, the viruses and genes used in their study were incorporated into the chromosomes of the new cells, leading to a risk of cancer if the cells ...