New technique may help turn adult cells into stem cells faster

Scientists have developed a new method that would hasten the **process of creating cells** from human adult tissue, without the use of **embryonic cells**. According to lead researcher Professor Sheng Ding, the new technique is 200 times more efficient, twice as fast as conventional methods and a lot more safer in transforming adult human cells into **stem cells** or "induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS). "Both in terms of speed and efficiency, we achieved major improvements over conventional conditions," Nature quoted Dr Ding as saying. More on "in.news.yahoo.com":[ http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20091019/981/tsc-new-technique-may-help-turn-adult-ce.html]

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