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featured expert
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James Thomson: shifts from embryonic stem cells to induced pluripotency
James Thomson, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, studies how flexible cells become other cell types and how they choose self-renewal or differentiation. He is perhaps best known for deriving human embryonic stem cells in 1998. In 2007, he led one of the first two groups to reprogram human cells to an embryonic stem-cell like state.
- James Thomson: shifts from embryonic stem cells to induced pluripotency
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news and commentary
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Blood transfusion for stem cell company?
Red blood cells could provide new hope for beleaguered ACT
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An intrinsic program of brain development
Embryonic stem cells don't need cortical signals to become neurons
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latest research
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Smash the (cell) state!
Recent discoveries call into question the need to reset differentiated cells in order to reprogram them
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A niche with no cells
Integrins play a vital role in the positioning of follicle stem cells in the Drosophila ovary
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our picks
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Shining a new light on stem cells
Bioluminescence tracks cell fate in live mice
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When the past catches up with the present
Oversight committees face tough decisions over whether cell lines have appropriate informed consent
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the Niche, our stem cell blog
No cloning license for stem cell fraudster
South Korea has refused disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk request to resume work to make stem cells from cloned embryos. ...
Cell fate: Tom Graf: Instead of ‘transdifferentiated’ or `reprogrammed’, try `converted’to describe cell fate
A response to a comment about what to call what happens when a cell changes fate...
Round up of stem cell business news
Advanced Cell Technology, a new stem-cell venture fund, and the sale of a marketed stem-cell product... ...
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stem cells basics
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Stem cells have a great but still uncertain medical potential. They offer scientific insights into how cells develop and how some diseases might be treated. Here we define them, describe how they are studied, and skecth their potential and the controversies that surround them.
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