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'''Induced pluripotent stem cells''' are [[stem cells]] that are derived from [[somatic cells]] by [[transfection]] with a virus carrying genes that are capable of causing that cell to dedifferentiate and then gain the ability to differentiate into any type of cell in the body and to self-replicate.
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'''Induced pluripotent stem cells''' are [[stem cells]] that are derived from [[somatic cells]] by [[transfection]] with a virus.  The virus carries genes that are capable of causing the target cell to dedifferentiate and then gain the ability to differentiate into any type of cell in the body and to indefinitely propagate themselves.
 
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