From engelbert_buxbaum from hotmail.com  Fri Sep  5 13:12:44 2008
From: engelbert_buxbaum from hotmail.com (Dr Engelbert Buxbaum)
Date: Fri Sep  5 22:14:39 2008
Subject: [Biophysics] Re: Stem Cells Seeds of Hope
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Am 04.09.2008, 03:15 Uhr, schrieb j_thomas <julianthomasp@gmail.com>:

> Some tissues continue to stem cells after it become specialized, but
> these cells are less flexible than embryonic stem cells,

That view is perhaps a little outdated now, see
T. Aoi et al:  Generation of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Adult Mouse Liver  
and Stomach Cells, Science 321 (2008) 699 - 702
DOI: 10.1126/science.1154884,