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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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Three big, long grants for human embryonic stem cell research
Universities in California, Georgia and Wisconsin to get $9 million each over 5 years
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Unproven stem-cell therapy ban
Bulgarian deputy minister quits over controversial treatment
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latest research
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A natural reprogramming system
In the fly, specialized cells revert to multipotency
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The promise of human induced pluripotent stem cells for research and therapy
Researchers discuss the potential applications of iPS cells and the obstacles to achieving those uses
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our picks
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First evaluation of the European hESCreg
Adjustments to the online registry, which now lists 307 human embryonic stem cell lines
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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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