Skin Cells Converted to Stem Cells
5th Sep 2005, 14:45 GMT
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 always been required in the past, a Harvard research team announced yesterday.
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