Via AFP:
Scientists Wednesday reported a simple way to turn animal cells back to a youthful, neutral state, a feat hailed as a "game-changer" in the quest to grow transplant tissue in the lab.
The research, reported in the journal Nature, could be the third great advance in stem cells -- a futuristic field that aims to reverse Alzheimer's, cancer and other crippling or lethal diseases.
The latest breakthrough comes from Japan, as did its predecessor which earned its inventor a Nobel Prize.
The new approach -- provided it overcomes safety hurdles -- could smash cost and technical barriers in s...
