Suite of Monash papers shed light on decade-long stem cell mystery
(World News Science)

08 December 2017 Members of the Monash BDI led research teams (L-R) Dr Fernando Rossello, Dr Anja Knaupp, Associate Professor Jose Polo and Dr Christian Nefzger A series of studies led by Monash University researcher Associate Professor Jose Polo have this week shed light on vital, yet previously unclear, aspects of cell reprogramming. Cell reprogramming, in which one type of cell can be turned into almost any other type cell in the human body, is revolutionising medicine. It gives scientists the capacity theoretically to create any tissue to repair damaged organs such as the heart or liver, or for use in transplantation. In 2006, the Japanese researchers who made the Nobel Prize-winning...