The ability to reprogram differentiated cells toward pluripotency has been a remarkable achievement, though its application has mostly been limited to mammals. Researchers published inย eLifeย September 3 evidence of induced pluripotency in cells from the non-mammalian model organisms zebra finch, chicken, zebrafish, andย Drosophila. While the studyโs authors cautioned that these cells were only partially reprogrammed, and therefore not induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), lead author Ricardo Rossello said that โthey have a slew of phenotypic characteristics of stem cells.โ
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