Researchers Find Way To Create Pluripotent Cells With Fewer Drawbacks

KOBE, JAPAN - JANUARY 28: Biologist Haruko Obokata, in apron but not in white coat, poses for photographs in her laboratory at RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology on January 28, 2014 in Kobe, Japan. The group led by Obokata discovered a new method for creating pluripotent cells in mice, named "stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency," or STAP. The cells are created by applying a small degree of stimulus, and those that are grown are not damaged through the process. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)