A team of Stem Cell researchers at Harvard made a major advancement toward producing induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) that are safe to use. The chemical the team used is a small molecule called RepSox, which functions similar to two out of four different genes. It is important to find a way to produce safe iPS cells because the possibility of rejection of the transplanted cells will be eliminated.
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B. D. Colen, Harvard Staff Writer.
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