You are working with adult mouse fibroblast cells.The genes for transcription factors from pluripotent stem cells are transduced into the adult fibroblast cells as part of viral vectors in various combinations,and once inside the cells they were expressed.Cells are produced that are capable of dividing indefinitely in culture and of differentiating into all of the various types of the body's cells.What are they called?
A)iPS cells
B)white blood cells
C)induced pluripotent cells
D)infracted pluripotent cells
E)both iPS cells and induced pluripotent cells

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The cells described are known as induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells), which are adult cells reprogrammed to an embryonic stem cell-like state. Both terms refer to the same type of cells.

You Are Working with Adult Mouse Fibroblast Cells