In 2006, Yamanaka took Gurdon's work to the next level by reprogramming adult mouse skin cells into induced pluripotent stem cells. (sciencemag.org)
Similarly, the three research teams that last week reported turning mouse skin cells into embryolike cells say they will have to study embryonic cells to learn how to reprogram human cells in the same way and to understand their potential. (scientificamerican.com)
Three teams of scientists reported earlier this year that they had directly reprogrammed adult mouse skin cells into embryonic cells, although the process involved viruses and cancer - causing genes. (scientificamerican.com)