Groundbreaking Technique

Japanese researchers have done it again. According to a new study published in nature a team of researchers from the Riken center of developmental biology have devised a new way of reprogramming somatic cells into pluripotent form. Stimulus triggered acquisition of pluripotency (STAP) is the new technique introduced which relies on external stimuli such as low pH stressor.
If reproducible then it is MASSIVE step in reprogramming.

Papers http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v505/n7485/full/nature12968.html

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