Scientists remove cancer genes from stem cells
Date: 14.3.2009
Scientists have taken another important step toward using ordinary **skin cells** that are made to behave like **embryonic stem cells** to find treatments for conditions like **Parkinson's disease**.
Researchers at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Massachusetts removed a stumbling block in using so-called induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, by taking out potentially **cancer-causing genes**.
"Reuters":[ http://uk.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUKTRE5247ZV20090305]
