A reason for the effectiveness of proteins to induce differentiation in the mouse as well as human iPS (induced pluripotent cells) cells. Introduction: The cells that are obtained by dedifferentiating the adult specialized cells are the iPS cells. In the given case, the proteins that were effective in inducing differentiation in the human iPS cells worked similarly in the case of mouse cells also.

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A reason for the effectiveness of proteins to induce differentiation in the mouse as well as human iPS (induced pluripotent cells) cells.

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The cells that are obtained by dedifferentiating the adult specialized cells are the iPS cells. In the given case, the proteins that were effective in inducing differentiation in the human iPS cells worked similarly in the case of mouse cells also.

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