After nearly a decade of setbacks and false
starts, stem-cell science finally seems to be
hitting its stride. Just a year after Japanese
scientists first reported that they had generated
stem cells by reprogramming adult skin cells
without using embryos American reseasearchers
have managed to use that groundbreaking technique
to achieve another scientific milestone. They
created the first nerve cells from reprogrammed
stem cells an important demonstration of the
potential power of stem-cell-based treatments to cure disease.
<http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1828345,00.html?imw=Y>Link
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