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Cell fusion causes confusion

Nature volume 416, pages 485–487 (2002)Cite this article

'Transdifferentiation' is a poorly understood process invoked to explain how tissue-specific adult stem cells can generate cells of other tissues. New results challenge its existence.

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Figure 1: Can adult stem cells transdifferentiate into other cell types?

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Wurmser, A., Gage, F. Cell fusion causes confusion. Nature 416, 485–487 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/416485a

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