Generation of pluripotent stem cells from adult human testis

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This is a writeup in Nature of the recent discovery that human and mouse spermatogonial cells can be rendered into pluripotent cell lines with similarities to embryonic stem cells.

"Here we report the successful establishment of human adult germline stem cells derived from spermatogonial cells of adult human testis. Cellular and molecular characterization of these cells revealed many similarities to human embryonic stem cells, and the germline stem cells produced teratomas after transplantation into immunodeficient mice

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Testicles could provide "ethical" stem cells

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This article provides more information about last week's announcement that researchers have found a form of adult stem cells that appear to be as versatile as embryonic cells ...in men's testicles.

A team out of the University of Tubingen in Germany managed to convert spermatagonial cells into skin, gut structures, cartilage, bone, muscle, and neurons, quite an accomplishment. Some of their colleagues are enthusiastic. Robert Lanza of Advanced Cell Technology in Massachusetts (U.S

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