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Stimulus-triggered fate conversion of somatic cells into pluripotency



Haruko Obokata1,2,3, Teruhiko Wakayama3{, Yoshiki Sasai4, Koji Kojima1, Martin P. Vacanti1,5, Hitoshi Niwa6, Masayuki Yamato7 & Charles A. Vacanti1

doi:10.1038/nature12968

Here we report a unique cellular reprogramming phenomenon, called stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency (STAP), which requires