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Scientists from the University of Georgia Regenerative Bioscience Center used adult stem cells to produce a protein involved in bone healing gel. The putty provides full load bearing capabilities. Once its implanted into the site of a fracture bone, it rapidly restore a patient to ambulatory function while healing. Fracture Putty has already been proven to work in animals, and It could be two or more years until human studies are done.

"Brain neural stem cells derived from human skin cells: these stem cells express typical marker genes of brain neocortical stem cells, such as Pax6 (Red fluorescent labeled), and form a rosette structure resembling the transection of the neural tube."

More: http://io9.com/5888801/heres-what-it-looks-like-when-you-turn-human-skin-cells-into-neural-stem-cells

This video accompanies a press release, distributed by ResearchSEA, on behalf of Tokyo University of Science entitled: "Fully functional hair follicle regeneration through the rearrangement of stem cells and their niches"

Video on how stem cells work and develop...