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Research from Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Yields New Findings on Stem Cell Research

Published in Drug Week, February 10th, 2012

2012 FEB 10 -- Investigators discuss in "DNA methylation assay for X-chromosome inactivation in female human iPS cells" new findings in Stem Cell Research. "Remarkable interest in the epigenetic status of human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells inspired numerous studies of their X-inactivation patterns. However, both the presence and the absence of X-inactivation have been described to date in undifferentiated iPS cells," researchers in Madison, Wisconsin report.

"The reasons for the discordant results between different studies are unclear, and further X-inactivation testing is warranted for all female human iPS cell lines. Some of the inconsistency in...

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