Going From One Cell Type to Another Without Using Stem Cells

It’s been a long time since I’ve shared something for the little scientist in me. The finding was published today in Nature. Researchers over at good ‘ole Harvard have discovered a way to convert one type of cell to another type without going through the stem-cell phase. Brandom Keim explains this much better than me. And for the uber-nerd-scientist and genetics-enthusiast among you, here’s a link to the paper submitted in Nature.