Scientists in Singapore say they have found a way to create human stem cells from a drop of blood pricked from the finger.
Previously, methods for generating these cells – called human-induced pluripotent stem cells – involved collecting adult cells from bone marrow, skin or large quantities of blood. These were then genetically coaxed into reverting into stem cells.
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