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Epidermal cells rev up reprogramming

Nature Biotechnology volume 26, pages 1243–1244 (2008)Cite this article

Induced pluripotent stem cells have been generated from single human hairs, providing an easily accessible source of cells amenable to efficient reprogramming.

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Figure 1: The starting cell population used to generate iPS cells influences the efficiency and number of genes necessary for reprogramming.

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  1. Paul Gadue is at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 302 ARC, 3615 Civic Center Blvd., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.,

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  2. George Cotsarelis is at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine M8 SCL 422 Curie Blvd., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. cotsarel@mail.med.upenn.edu,

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