Acid-Bath Stem Cell May Be Washed Up

You may have heard about the sensational study a couple weeks ago which showed that certain type of stress can turn normal adult cells into stem cells. Many news stories fixated particularly on the finding that simple acid was enough to generate pluripotent stem cells from regular mouse blood cells. Such an easy way to produce stem cells would be a phenomenal achievement. In the last several days, however, concerns about the integrity of these novel findings have begun to replace much of the initial excitement....Read Full Post
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