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Nature 454, 45-46 (3 July 2008) | doi:10.1038/454045a; Published online 2 July 2008

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Stem cells: Tips for priming potency

Joseph F. Costello1

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Introducing just four specific genes into adult cells causes them to regress to an embryonic stem-cell-like state. At 1%, the efficiency of this process is low, but two tips are at hand on how to make improvements.

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  1. Joseph F. Costello is in the Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, Biomedical Sciences Program, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143–0875, USA.
    Email: jcostello@cc.ucsf.edu

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