First report on efficient reprogramming of diabetic foot ulcer cells to create therapeutic stem cell

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) The potential to use a patient's own cells to treat non-healing chronic wounds -- a serious complication of diabetes -- took an important step forward as researchers successfully reprogrammed skin cells taken from diabetic foot ulcers to form induced pluripotent stem cells. The reprogramming technique was similar in efficiency to the results achieved using healthy foot skin from non-diabetic patients, as described in the study published in Cellular Reprogramming.
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