stem cell news: iPS cells reverted to pristine state

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Hellouser, if scientists used the iPS method to create DP cells wouldn't there still be the problem that those DP cells would not have the genetic expression to create hairs?

I don't think that merely getting DP cells solves the hair loss problem. I think that those DP cells have to express genes to create hair loss and I don't think that DP cells created from iPS stem cells would have the correct genetic expression.

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Researchers cracked a major hurlde in the iPS (cells reverted back to stem cells) area. Until now, the resulting iPS cells were still slightly genetically different from their Embryonic counterparts. The Europeans have not solved that and can now create pristine state stem cells from for example skin cells: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0911125047.htm

It seems to me that aside from Dr. Xu, it would also be interesting to get this information into the hands of Replicel.