This link is a relatively new development, but
induced pluripotent stem cells have been in use since around 2006 for research purposes. They can be made from a variety of cell types.
There’s so many “buts” attached to that it’s not even funny. They don’t work as well as an actual stem cell, for one thing. That’s why there’s still plenty of demand for the embryonic kind.
I assure you that if the article you read was true, it’s a very niche case and not true in most contexts.
https://www.sciencealert.com/in-a-first-scientists-fully-wipe-a-cells-memory-before-turning-it-into-a-stem-cell
This link is a relatively new development, but induced pluripotent stem cells have been in use since around 2006 for research purposes. They can be made from a variety of cell types.
There’s so many “buts” attached to that it’s not even funny. They don’t work as well as an actual stem cell, for one thing. That’s why there’s still plenty of demand for the embryonic kind.
Person I replied to said it was niche creation case, I was simply showing that’s not the case. Nothing else.
The article I linked to does mention those things though. That’s part of why the advance is important.