Nov. 20, 2007
Stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka -- who arrived at the San Francisco labs of the J. David Gladstone Institutes this summer -- said he and his Kyoto University colleagues in Japan successfully reprogrammed human adult cells to function like embryonic stem cells.
The discovery, reported in the journal Cell, could be used "very soon" to help pharmaceutical companies screen drugs, Yamanaka told the San Francisco Business Times. Yet he said more testing is needed before reprogrammed cells are transplanted into humans in hopes of treating or curing problems ranging from Parkinson's Disease to diabetes to spinal cord injuries.
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