One fixed theory in biology used to be that cell fate is a one-way street. This means that once a cell commits to becoming muscle, skin, or blood it always remains muscle, skin, or blood cell. That belief was upended in the past decade when a Japanese scientist introduced four simple factors into skin cells and returned them to an embryonic-like state, capable of becoming almost any cell type in the body. Hopeful of revolutionary medical therapies using ...
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