This week on Nature Reports Stem Cells and elsewhere

Here are the stories that just went live

Look now! Human iPS cells with no genetic integration

Six reprogramming factors in a plasmid reach a holy grail

Carbon dating shows humans make new heart cells

The cold war helps settle a hot debate about how hearts grow.

How tissue-specific stem cells keep their fate

Epidermal stem cells stay skin even if alternative programs shed chromatin marks of repression

G-protein signalling is needed for stem cell homing

Protein is vital for engrafting of haematopoietic stem cells

Published online: 02 April 2009; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2009.53

Many intestinal villi from a single stem cell, in culture

Even without a supporting niche, intestinal stem cells can self-organize into a mini-organ in a dish

iPS cell technology gains momentum in drug discovery

Reprogramming of adult cells without viral vectors adds to the excitement about their application of iPS cells in drug development

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