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 (
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