The reprogramming of rhesus macaque adult fibroblasts into embryonic stem cells using somatic cell nuclear transfer is demonstrated. Until now, creating embryonic stem cells in this way has only been successful in mice. This success with primates suggests that this approach could work for generating patient-derived embryonic stem cells, which could be used to treat a variety of diseases without immune rejection.
- J. A. Byrne
- D. A. Pedersen
- S. M. Mitalipov
