Stress management: a new path to pluripotency.
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Abstract
Two recent papers in Nature describe a remarkable new technique for reprogramming somatic cells back to the embryonic state. Obokata et al. (2014a, 2014b) show that applying stressful stimuli can convert mature cells into progenitors capable of generating all three embryonic germ layer lineages, as well as placental tissue.
Medical subject headings
- Acids
- Cell Differentiation
- Cellular Reprogramming
- Embryonic Stem Cells
- Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
- Placenta
- Trophoblasts