"They've reprogrammed them," he said, "but the fundamental problem is still there".
In 2007, when scientists first reported they had reprogrammed skin cells into stem cells, the development was hailed as an alternative to getting stem cells from embryos, which are then destroyed.
In a related vein, George Church and Farren Isaacs of the Harvard Medical School recently reported that they had reprogrammed the genome of an E. Coli bacterium, opening up the possibility of incorporating new features into the ubiquitous little bug.
In a paper published online yesterday in Science, the researchers reported that they had reprogrammed mouse liver cells into embryolike cells that they call adeno-iPS cells.
Stanford researchers published results in early September showing that they had reprogrammed human fat cells left over from liposuction into the new stem cells.
Other carriers, it said, might not have reprogrammed their own switching equipment.
We keep talking about the pilots because some human being does seem to have reprogrammed the plane's navigation system so that it changed course.
Several studies have collectively suggested that cancer selects for cell clones that have reprogrammed their metabolism, resulting in distinct cancer type-dependent metabolic phenotypes4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11.
BEHIND THE NEWS Authorities were puzzled over how pranksters could have reprogrammed the signs, which usually warn of road work or detours ahead -- not to mention who did it or why.
Researchers at UC Berkeley's School of Public Health have reprogrammed Salmonella, the same foodborne pathogen that can cause diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps, into a safe transport vehicle for virus-stopping enzymes.
