title: Rats, cats, and elephants, but still no unicorn: induced pluripotent stem cells from new species.
abstract: Two independent studies in this issue of Cell Stem Cell (Liao et al., 2009; Li et al., 2009) derive rat induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). In one report, the method used results in rat and human iPSCs that exhibit phenotypic traits similar to mouse embryonic stem cells.
authors.affiliation: California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. atrounson@cirm.ca.gov
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trounson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D065150:Cellular Reprogramming / Q000187:drug effects; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D039904:Pluripotent Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors