... efficiency of creating stem cells from human adult tissue, without the use of embryonic cells. The research ... own immune system, avoiding the problem of tissue rejection.
The creation of human iPS cells ...
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The study has important implications that extend beyond muscle development. This mechanism also operates in adult tissues and thus would be part of the response to a dietary regimen that restricts ...
... in the wild in the early 1900s.
Researchers say fortunately some thylacine pouch young and adult tissues were preserved in alcohol in several museum collections around the world.
The research team ...
... for forced expansion and differentiation of key stem cell populations in the lung and other tissues for adult tissue repair after injury or disease.
Future directions of the Morrisey lab include not ...
... between planarians and mammals. Planarians are poised to not only advance the understanding of how diverse adult tissues are functionally maintained in vivo, but also will enhance our capabilities to ...
... DNA) required to take on the identity of any tissue type is present in every cell, because ... very inefficiently, create whole animals from adult
tissue through cloning," Gilbert said. "We also can make ...
... stem cells to become different types of adult cells. The work, to be published in the journal Cell on ... , allowing them to proliferate unchecked and regress from adult tissue cells to a stem cell-like ...
... cells is still under debate. Some may arise from normal adult stem cells gone awry. Others may represent specialized cells from adult tissues that have acquired a stem-cell-like state ...
... fertilized egg to develop into multicellular organisms with different types of cells. It also replenishes adult tissues, such as skin and bones. Forming a spindle requires the assembly of a 'skeleton ...
... , and on the other, were the so-called somatic stem cells, which were obtainable from adult tissue, but have only limited potential for self-renewal and development. Scientists in Bonn have now ...
... importance because it could lead to new ways of creating human stem cells from adult tissues for the study and treatment of disease. But there is one key problem with the techniques currently used to ...
... of generating stem cells does not require embryos as starting points and could be used to generate cells from many adult tissues such as a patient's own skin cells."
Dr. Nagy discovered a new method ...
... helps cells to move, grow and organize spatially. "ZBP1 is very active in the developing embryo but largely silent in adult tissues," says Robert H. Singer, Ph.D., professor and co- ...
... cells, are very similar to embryonic stem cells in biological properties, but generated by using adult tissues such as skin.
Of all the cells surviving selection, they picked and grew eight iPS ...
... and other cancers, but is either present in low levels or is virtually absent from most normal adult tissues. EphA2's preferential presence on tumor cells makes it an attractive therapeutic target."
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