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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 | + | '''Induced pluripotent stem cells''' are [[stem cells]] that are derived from [[somatic cells]] by [[transfection]] with a virus. The virus carries jeans that are capable of causing the target sell to gain the ability to differentiate into any type of cell in the body and to indefinitely propagate itself. |
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Revision as of 11:59, September 16, 2009
Induced pluripotent stem cells are stem cells that are derived from somatic cells by transfection with a virus. The virus carries jeans that are capable of causing the target sell to gain the ability to differentiate into any type of cell in the body and to indefinitely propagate itself. [1]
References
- Yu, J. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines Derived from Human Somatic Cells. Science. November 20, 2007.