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The quest for the perfect reprogrammed cell

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There are two methods for reprogramming mature cells to pluripotent stem cells, which can give rise to all cells of the body. The first direct comparison of the methods reveals that both can cause subtle molecular defects. See Article p.177

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Figure 1: Comparing techniques for generating stem cells.

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  1. Vladislav Krupalnik and Jacob H. Hanna are in the Department of Molecular Genetics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.,

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Krupalnik, V., Hanna, J. The quest for the perfect reprogrammed cell. Nature 511, 160–162 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13515

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