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Nicholas Zavazava, MD, PhD - Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergy/Immunology. Director, Transplantation Research, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, USA.
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This is the first proof of principle for using adult cells reprogrammed to an embryonic-stem-cell-like state, combined with gene and cell therapy, for successful disease treatment in mice. Similar "induced pluripotent stem cells" were recently derived with human cells.