Direct reprogramming of human skin cells may lend itself to myriad medical applications in a potentially less controversial manner than the use of embryonic stem cells.
Two journals, Cell and Science are reporting the findings from two research teams, one led by Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University and the other led by Junying Yu of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
News articles:
UW-Madison News: http://www.news.wisc.edu/14474
The Essential Science Indicators Website special report for November treats the topic of Stem Cell Research. According to the site’s collected information, UW-Madison ranks 7th among worldwide institutions in stem cell research. See report: http://esi-topics.com/stemcells2007/
Lists for the Top 20 Authors (JA Thomson is 3rd), Top 20 Stem Cell Papers Overall (a UW-Madison paper (JA Thomson) is 2nd), Top 20 Journals (all available from UW-Madison Libraries), Top 20 Papers in last 2 years (none from UW-Madison), and Top 20 Nations are also included in this report.
With thanks to Steenbock Librarian, Barbara Lazewski, for this blog post.
