Microenvironmental Reprogramming of Thymic Epithelial Cells to Skin Multipotent Stem Cells

    August 2010 in “ Nature ”
    Paola Bonfanti, Stéphanie Claudinot, Alessandro W. Amici … Yann Barrandon
    Studysummary Scientists turned rat thymus cells into stem cells that can help repair skin and hair.
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