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Science 2 June 2000:
Vol. 288. no. 5471, pp. 1559 - 1561
DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5471.1559
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DEVELOPMENT:
Brain Cells Reveal Surprising Versatility

Gretchen Vogel

When a team of scientists reported last year that stem cells from the brains of adult mice could become functional blood cells, many scientists were intrigued, if a bit skeptical. Now, these versatile cells have shown even more surprising abilities: When injected into embryos, it seems, they can develop into nearly every type of tissue in the body. The work, described on page 1660, leaves a number of questions open. Even so, scientists are amazed at the cells' apparent flexibility.

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Human embryonic stem cells: research, ethics and policy.
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