ORDINARY cells from people with a genetic disease can be «fixed» by gene therapy and then reprogrammed to be stem cells that will produce a limitless supply of defect - free cells.
Not exact matches
A promising alternative to hESCs emerged in 2006 when researchers produced so - called induced pluripotent stem
cells (iPS)
from ordinary tissue such as skin.
In the end, the driving personalities of the two test vehicles, with a few exceptions, were close enough to those of
ordinary gasoline - powered cars that if buyers ultimately reject fuel -
cell machines, it won't be because the cars seem unfamiliar
from behind the wheel.
For the new study, the team used a
cell - reprogramming technique (similar to those used to reprogram skin
cells into stem
cells) to generate human DRG - type sensory neurons
from ordinary skin
cells called fibroblasts.
Scientists will be able to create an entire embryo using
ordinary skin
cells or other adult
cells, without ever using gametes harvested
from a person.
Two months ago, several scientists in Wisconsin and Japan announced that they had successfully created a type of stem
cell from ordinary human skin
cells that seems to be able to function exactly like an embryonic stem
cell without the need to create or destroy human embryos.
This is hardly surprising, as the discovery, by Shinya Yamanaka, of the process to produce embryonic - like, fully pluripotent stem
cells from ordinary somatic (body)
cells has -LSB-...]
Two teams independently discover a way to turn
ordinary human skins
cells into stem
cells with the same characteristics as those derived
from human embryos, a breakthrough that could open the door for advanced medical therapies.
Two teams of scientists have independently discovered a way to turn
ordinary human skin
cells into stem
cells with the same characteristics as those derived
from human embryos, a breakthrough that could open the door for advanced medical therapies.
Indeed, they were able to separate the reprogrammed
cells from ordinary fibroblasts under a microscope, based on several physical differences.
From the NYT: «A team at the Broad Institute, a Harvard - M.I.T. collaborative for genomics research, has devised a way of screening for drugs that attack cancer stem
cells but leave
ordinary cells unharmed.
From industry leaders, sport stars, and Hollywood icons to thousands of everyday,
ordinary people, stem
cell therapy has helped when standard medicine failed.
Source: Armstrong Research Group Researchers at Oxford University have developed an enzyme - based fuel
cell that produces electricity
from ordinary air spiked with small amounts of hydrogen.
This is not like the other smart watches in fact it gets power
from the
ordinary cell batteries that powers most of the analog / digital clocks.