Protein-Driven Cell Reprogramming

The latest in cell reprogramming research is that scientists at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California have created induced cells into an embryonic state using proteins instead of genes. The study involves mouse cells.

The process, reported in Cell Stem Cell, points towards a method of creating pluripotent cells without the significant risk of tumor growth that original techniques created.

The Wall Street Journal indicates that “a race is on to commercialize the technique,” as an author of the study, Sheng Ding, is the founder of a biotech startup aiming to provide tissue created through a reprogramming process to drug development companies.

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