Researchers explore pluripotency

Partially or fully differentiated cells can acquire, or be reprogrammed for, stem cell-like pluripotency, according to two studies published this week. The research adds to a growing body of work on the subtleties of pluripotency, since last linkurl:November's;http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/53873/ landmark somatic cell reprogramming achievement. The first group, led by linkurl:Rudolph Jaenisch;http://www.wi.mit.edu/research/faculty/jaenisch.html at the Whitehead Institute, demonstr