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In late November, two teams of scientists announced that differentiated human cells can be genetically engineered into a state, induced pluripotency, mirroring that of embryonic stem cells. Nature Reports Stem Cells spoke with Dr. Story Landis, head of the Stem Cell Task Force at the United States National Institutes of Health to learn what's next.