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The process to transform adult human non-embryonic skin cell tissues into cells that do resemble embryonic stem cells requires several basic ingredients. Researchers in Massachusetts, in the United States, have successfully converted cells that have several of the genetic features as well as growth factors and physical characteristics of stem cells that are typically only found in embryonic stem cells. However, these stem cells can differentiate, or change, to create and produce other tissue types including heart tissues as well as nerve tissue and skin tissue.
These induced pluripotent stem cells, although not identical to embryonic stem cells, are very similar. The term "pluripotent" defines the ability of a cell to differentiate or change into another cell type. Continuing developments and discoveries that surround aspects of non-embryonic stem cells will more than likely keep researchers busy for years to come, and lead to an increasing number of discoveries and advantages in the non-embryonic stem cell research field. Because non-embryonic stem cells do not carry with them the burden of moral and ethical restraint that has surrounded embryonic stem cell research for years, new developments and technologies are likely to accelerate in coming years.

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