The New Bacterial Enterprise: Nuclear Reprogramming

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The New Bacterial Enterprise: Nuclear Reprogramming

<img src="http://www.britannica.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/histopathologic-cytoarchitectural-characteristics-seen-in-a-mycobacterial-skin-infection-11230_lores.jpg" alt="" title="histopathologic cytoarchitectural characteristics seen in a mycobacterial skin infection---11230_lores" width="270" height="178" class="size-full wp-image-30580" align="right" />Scientists recently reported that the bacterium that causes leprosy naturally possesses the ability to reprogram human cells into a stem cell-like state. On one level, the notion that bacteria can so easily accomplish something that scientists have devoted their careers to carrying out in the laboratory is a bit irksome. But, then again, the discovery is truly remarkable.

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