Sentences with phrase «behave like embryonic»

Neural stem cells are found in adult or fetal brain and spinal cord or derived from embryonic stem cells, which have the capacity to become any cell type in the body, or induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, tissue - specific cells that are reprogrammed in the lab to behave like embryonic stem cells.

Some researchers are using induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells — tissue - specific cells (usually skin cells, but sometimes other tissue cells) that are reprogrammed in the lab to behave like embryonic stem cells — to grow rods and cones or RPE cells.

Cell Stem Cell «Recently three different studies were published demonstrating that mouse fibroblast (skin) cells can be directly reprogrammed to behave like embryonic stem cells.»

But the eyebrow - raising reports claimed that adult stem cells sometimes behave like their embryonic counterparts, mimicking their trademark capacity to engender all types of cells — an ability dubbed pluripotency.

One week after a breakthrough finding, scientists report they can reprogram human skin cells to behave like embryonic stem cells without a growth factor known to cause cancer

Instead the team is working with induced pluripotent stem cells, cells that have been reprogrammed to behave like embryonic stem cells, but can be made from a small sample of the intended recipient's own skin.

The new cells, which Yamanaka called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, looked and behaved like embryonic stem cells, which are prized for their ability to transform themselves into almost any kind of tissue and, perhaps, someday cure disease — a more distinct possibility now that President Barack Obama has loosened restrictions on stem cell research.

So they felt, well, hmm, if we can boost them in skin stem cells, maybe they'll start behaving like embryonic stem cells.

Not exact matches

And what they found was that after a few days, these genes that they added were able to get the skin cells to start behaving just like embryonic stem cells.