The regenerative medicine field has been fueled for years on the idea that we can generate new types of cells, as needed for biomedical purposes, from stem cells. Yet recent advances in being able to convert one adult type of cell into another are leading to new ideas about regeneration in the future. The review below describes the latest in the emerging field of “direct cell conversion.”
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