Stem Cells From Skin Removes The Hazards Of Embryonic Stem Cells
"Stem cell breakthrough uses no embryos" from AP reports that two separate labs have devised ways to use skin cells to behave in a way that is similar to stem cells - thus removing the ethical and potential medical issues that exist with embryonic stem cells.
The new work is being published online by two journals, Cell and Science. The Cell paper is from a team led by Dr. Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University; the Science paper is from a team led by Junying Yu, working in the lab of in stem-cell pioneer James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Both reported creating cells that behaved like stem cells in a series of lab tests.
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