Stem cells offer the promise of treating multiple diseases IMAGINESTOCK/Moment/Getty Images
A new way to turn adult human cells into ultra-flexible stem cells could make it easier to produce them in large quantities and make them more effective at treating disease.
Stem cells can develop into any of the cells within our bodies. Scientists have long hoped to exploit this ability by programming stem cells to become specific cells for use in treatments.
But acquiring stem cells can be difficult. One method is to take them from embryos before they implant into the uterus, but the controversy involved in doing…
