Embryonic stem cells: no longer needed

''... researchers from Beijing and Shanghai reported that they had for the first time created virtual genetic duplicates of mice using skin cells from adult animals that had been coaxed into the equivalent of embryonic stem cells.
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"This gives us hope for future therapeutic interventions using patients' own reprogrammed cells," Fanyi Zeng of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, who worked with Zhou, said during a telephone briefing for reporters.'' [source]