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Published online 22 December 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.1323

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Reprogrammed skin cells provide testing ground for new drugs

Induced pluripotent stem cells pass key milestone.

Skin cells from a patient with a genetic disease called spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) have been reprogrammed into stem cells that can be used as a model of the disease. The research marks an important milestone in creating and using stem cells to understand disease processes and screen drugs.

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  • Very glad to know that some laboratory animals are going to be relieved of pain :-)

    • 23 Dec, 2008
    • Posted by: Kalidas Yeturu