MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. “ACT” (OTCBB:ACTC) provides an update today on its plans to utilize its transdifferentiation platform to enhance regenerative medicine. Transdifferentiation involves reprogramming one type of adult cell, such as skin, into an altogether different type of cell, such as muscle or insulin-producing cells, without having to generate stem cells. This month scientists successfully turned ordinary fibroblasts into beating heart cells (Cell 142:375, 2010), providing new evidence that transdifferentiation will play an important role in the field of regenerative medicine. For over a decade ACT has actively continued to develop and innovate in the field of induced transdifferentiation, supported by robust intellectual property and has made significant progress discovering proprietary protocols and factors for inducing reprogramming of somatic cells with defined factors.
