'Transdifferentiation' is a poorly understood process invoked to explain how tissue-specific adult stem cells can generate cells of other tissues. New results challenge its existence.
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Wurmser, A., Gage, F. Cell fusion causes confusion. Nature 416, 485–487 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/416485a
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