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Synthetic Circuits Reveal the Key to Rewinding the Cellular Clock
Using a circuit-based system, scientists determined the ideal transcription factor levels to promote the successful reprogramming of fibroblasts into induced pluripotent stem cells.
Synthetic Circuits Reveal the Key to Rewinding the Cellular Clock
Synthetic Circuits Reveal the Key to Rewinding the Cellular Clock

Using a circuit-based system, scientists determined the ideal transcription factor levels to promote the successful reprogramming of fibroblasts into induced pluripotent stem cells.

Using a circuit-based system, scientists determined the ideal transcription factor levels to promote the successful reprogramming of fibroblasts into induced pluripotent stem cells.

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