Simple way to make stem cells in half an hour hailed as major discovery

"A radical and remarkably easy way to make cells that can grow into any tissue in the body has been developed by scientists in Japan.

The feat has been hailed as a major discovery by researchers familiar with the work, and if it can be repeated in human tissue, could lead to cheap and simple procedures to make patient-matched stem cells that could repair damaged or diseased organs."

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http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jan/29/make-stem-cells-major-discovery-acid-technique