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Making "Safer" Stem Cells
October 6, 2008 • NIH Research Matters

Scientists have found a new way to produce stem cell-like cells from mouse liver cells. The new technique sidesteps the cancer-causing potential of a previously developed method.

Embryonic Stem Cells Turned Into Three Types of Heart Cells
April 23, 2008 • The Washington Post

A multinational team of researchers has succeeded in turning human embryonic stem cells into three types of human heart cells.

Scientists Bypass Need for Embryo to Get Stem Cells
November 21, 2007 • The New York Times

Two teams of scientists, one supported by NIGMS, have sidestepped the use eggs or embryos and produced what appear to be human embryonic stem cells from skin cells. 

 
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