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Israeli scientists develop new way of creating pluripotent stem cells

Israeli scientists develop new way of creating pluripotent stem cells

A team of Israeli researchers has developed a new cocktail of reprogramming factors that is highly effective at coaxing adult cells to become quality induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). In a paper published in Cell Stem Cell the scientists report that 80% of the cells produced passed the most stringent pluripotency test. This is highly preferable to the traditional OSKM cocktail, where the majority of cells fail the pluripotency test.

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