[SuziQ]

It works in a similar way to stem cells but instead of the new cells being grown outside the body and then injected back in, the technique simply makes the cells switch at the point where they are needed.

Now THAT would be cool!

[Daffynition]

V-E-R-Y cool!

“It points to a whole new way of potentially doing therapy,” said Chad Cowan, an assistant professor in the department of stem cell and regenerative biology at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. “This gives you the idea that you can take those fibroblasts, re-educate them to become heart muscle and thereby repair someone’s heart.”