The umbilical cord and placenta are extra-embryonic tissues of particular interest for
regenerative medicine. They share an early developmental origin and are a source of vast
amounts of cells with multilineage differentiation potential that are poorly immunogenic and
without controversy. Moreover, these cells are likely exempt from incorporated mutations
when compared with juvenile or adult donor cells such as skin fibroblasts or keratinocytes.
Here we report the efficient generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from …