Mice made from induced stem cellsThis is going to be hailed as a success in cloning, or as a big breakthrough in the path to using induced pluripotent stem cells for regenerative medicine. I think it's going to greatly increase understanding of developmental mechanics after all of the strangeness gets explained (high mortality rate, unspecified "
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Ed met and married Pamela Harrah, a Stanford graduate, in 1946. Their meeting was arranged by George W. Beadle, who had returned to Caltech from Stanford in 1946 to chair the biology division. That same year Ed had taken responsibility for supervising the extensive Caltech Drosophila Stock Center and was looking for a stock keeper. While still at
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