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...Harvard researchers have already created stem cells for ten genetic disorders using a new technique that isolates human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. The technique allows scientists to genetically manipulate a patient's cells—typically skin cells or blood cells—and reprogram them into a pluripotent state; like embryonic stem cells, these iPS cells are then capable of morphing into any type of body tissue...
...This has really been one of the goals of stem cell biology for many years—to be able to produce customized disease-specific lines for different patients," said George Q. Daley, a member of the executive committee of HSCI and the senior author of the paper, which was published on the Web site of the journal Cell earlier this month...
...Konrad A. Hochedlinger, a Medical School professor whose laboratory contributed the Lesch-Nyhan syndrome cell line to the project, said that the "iPS trick" will change the face of stem cell research...
...Core Facility, which was established this July, is one of five core facilities at the Stem Cell Institute, including the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Facility at Children's Hospital, which is also a Harvard affiliate...
...Despite the potential for iPS cells to accelerate efforts to find treatments, both Hochedlinger and Daley stressed the continued importance of human embryonic stem cell research, which has come under fire from those who consider the destruction of embryos to be unethical...