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Creating mice from artificial stem cells: Clone rangers

The Economist July 23, 2009.

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Chinese scientist have been able to create totipotent stem cells, capable of creating an entirely new clone of the host animal, by activating quiescent genes in regular body cells. If the same technology works in humans, it could render the debate over embryonic stem cells irrelevant.