Major step with iPS cells

The Boston Globe referenced a paper by Kevin Eggan and co-workers in Science: Eggan and his colleagues created iPS cells from skin cells taken from an 82-year-old ALS patient, then prompted the stem cells to become motor neurons, the type of cells that die off in ALS.

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"Is therapeutic cloning dead?"

http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2007/11/further-revolution-in-stem-cells.html

http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-york-times-on-sea-change-in-stem.html



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Ethics issues with Bush-approved stem cell lines?