Scientists Move Closer to Turning Skin Cells Into Tissues - New York Times

Three independent labs are reporting this week that they have confirmed last year's finding that inserting 4 genes into mouse skin cells is sufficient to convert them into embryonic stem cells. This is a huge advance, especially now that it has been confirmed by so many indepenent labs. Irving Weissman is quoted as saying, “From the point of view of moving biomedicine and regenerative medicine faster, this is about as big a deal as you could imagine." I'll follow up with more links, etc. as I find them.