Editor's Summary
10 January 2008
Stem cells get personal
Another important step in the rapidly developing world of human stem cells is reported in this issue. Human cells taken from adult donors have been reprogrammed to produce iPS (induced pluripotent stem) cells, resembling embryonic stem cells in their main characteristics. It may soon be possible to use such procedures routinely to isolate patient-specific cells in culture.
News and Views: Stem cells: A new year and a new era
Manipulating cells from adult human tissue, scientists have generated cells with the same developmental potential as embryonic stem cells. The research opportunities these exciting observations offer are limitless.
Martin F. Pera
doi:10.1038/451135a
Article: Reprogramming of human somatic cells to pluripotency with defined factors
In-Hyun Park, Rui Zhao, Jason A. West, Akiko Yabuuchi, Hongguang Huo, Tan A. Ince, Paul H. Lerou, M. William Lensch & George Q. Daley
doi:10.1038/nature06534
