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Article: Scientists turn skin cells into stem cells
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
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- August 22, 2005
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Scientists for the first time have turned ordinary skin cells into what appear to be embryonic stem cells -- without having to use human eggs or make new human embryos in the process, as has previously always been required, a Harvard research team announced Sunday.
The new technique uses laboratory grown human embryonic stem cells -- such as the ones President Bush has already approved for use by federally funded researchers -- to "reprogram" the genes in a person's skin cell, turning that skin cell into an embryonic stem cell itself.
Moreover, since the new stem cells made this way are essentially rejuvenated versions of a ...