April 2, 2021
Keio University School of Medicine
A group led by Assistant Professor Sho Yoshimatsu and Professor Hideyuki Okano of the Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, and Associate Professor Kazuya Edamura of the Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, has established a new method for generating induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) from the skin cells of various mammals using an optimized set of genes and culture conditions. Analysis has revealed that the iPS cells established by this method are completely free of reprogramming factors, making them an important foundational resource for cellular engineering using various animal models.
The results of this research were published in the online edition of "Stem Cell Reports" on April 1, 2021 (US Eastern Time).
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