Sirt1: A protein required for integrity of induced pluripotent stem cells

A study published today in the journal Stem Cell Reports, from the Cell Publishing Group, reveals that the SIRT1 protein is needed to lengthen and maintain telomeres during cell reprogramming. SIRT1 also guarantees the integrity of the genome of stem cells that come out of the cell reprogramming process; these cells are known as iPS cells (induced Pluripotent Stem cells). Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-04-protein-required-pluripotent-stem-cells.html#jCp
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