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August 26, 2005
Chad A. Cowan, PhD (Damon Runyon Fellow '02-'05) and colleagues have developed a new technique for obtaining human embryonic stem cells. The researchers were able to induce adult skin cells to become embryonic stem cells by fusing them with existing stem cells. The new technique may permit researchers to create new human embryonic stem cell lines without using human embryos.