Scientists are using a new stem cell technique allowing them to turn skin from patients into small pieces of brain.

科学家使用一种新的干细胞技术，使他们可以将病人的皮肤转变为小块的大脑。

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The scientists hope their stem cell technique will also be useful for testing drugs for individual patients with other diseases in the future.

科学家们希望，未来干细胞技术同样能够应用于为其他疾病患者研制新药。

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Established upon the embryo stem cell technique and homologous recombination, gene targeting has been widely used in the genome specific manipulation.

基因打靶技术是建立在胚胎干细胞和同源重组技术之上，可对基因组进行定点修饰的实验方法。

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Last month, Prof Wilmut announced that he was abandoning the cloning of human embryos in stem cell research in favour of a new technique developed in Japan.

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The citation for his knighthood credits Prof Wilmut with "revolutionising" biology through the cloning technique which underpins the science of stem cell technology.

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The best-known of the new knights is Professor Wilmut, who is said to have revolutionised biology by successfully pioneering the cloning technique that underpins the science of stem cell technology.

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