Scientists: Skin cells can behave like stem cells
| November 20, 2007 |  View for printing |
Scientists have made ordinary human skin cells take on the chameleon-like powers of embryonic stem cells, a startling breakthrough that might someday deliver the medical payoffs of embryo cloning without the controversy.
Laboratory teams on two continents report success in a pair of landmark papers released Tuesday. It is a neck-and-neck finish to a race that made headlines five months ago, when scientists announced that the feat had been accomplished in mice.
By Malcolm Ritter, Associated Press
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