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A KEY TO REGENERATIVE MEDICINE: Discovery of a new adult cell with special properties

Learn about the exciting discovery that could revolutionize regenerative medicine by providing a source to produce organs derived from a patient's own stem cell! Scientists have discovered a new cell that resides in normal human breast that can make pancreas, fat, blood vessel, or even beating heart cells!!


Original article: Rare somatic cells from human breast tissue exhibit extensive lineage plasticity. Roy et al. PNAS. 110, (2013).




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