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Published online 14 June 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060612-8
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Stem cell superpowers exposed
Conversion factor for adult cells could sidestep cloning controversy.
Biologists say they are close to finding a cellular elixir of youth: a cocktail of proteins that can convert adult cells into embryonic stem cells that are able to grow replacement tissues.
Two studies published in Nature1,2 identify key proteins that endow embryonic stem cells with their coveted abilities to divide again and again, ad infinitum, and to generate all the different tissues in the body.
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