A stumbling block or a stepping stone?

A stumbling block or a stepping stone?

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A Stepping Stone to Pluripotency

Somatic cells can be reprogrammed into pluripotent stem cells via either expression of transcription factors or addition of small molecule chemicals only. Zhao et al. reveal a unique intermediate state during chemical reprogramming allowing a significant improvement in its efficiency and kinetics.

Nursing theories: relic or stepping stone?

The title of Dr. Laurie Gottlieb’s editorial in a recent issue of CJNR devoted exclusively to student research reports says it all — “The Quality of Student Papers Augurs Well for the Future of Nursing Research” (Gottlieb, 2002, p. 3). As Dr. Gottlieb remarks, the papers indicate that nursing students are using a diversity of research methods, participating in their supervisors’ research progra...

From stumbling blocks to stepping stones.

A stepping stone in treating dendritic keratitis

Purpose To report the outcome of self-retained amniotic membrane after debridement in recurrent dendritic keratitis. Observations A 70-year-old female with a recurrent dendritic corneal ulcer received debridement followed by placement of self-retained amniotic membrane. Five days after treatment, the patient experienced a complete resolution of symptoms, marked reduction of inflammation, comp...