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Article: Scientists transform ordinary skin cells into embryonic stem cell- like cells
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- November 20, 2007
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Scientists transform ordinary skin cells into embryonic stem cell-
like cells
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Two separate team of researchers
from the United States and Japan announced Tuesday that they
successfully converted human skin cells into cells that resemble
embryonic stem cells, a breakthrough that might sidestep the ethical
stumbling blocks of stem cells obtained from human embryos.
The research papers by the U.S. team led by James Thomson from
University of Wisconsin-Madison will be published in the Nov. 22
edition of journal Science. Japanese research team led by Shinya
Yamanaka of Kyoto University will publish their papers in the Nov.30
edition of journal Cell.
The two teams ...