The ultimate goal of our laboratory is to generate ES - like cells directly from somatic cells
by nuclear reprogramming... which converts adult cells back into embryonic state.
Not exact matches
Subsequent procedures included mammalian somatic cell
nuclear transfer, cell fusion, induction of pluripotency
by ectopic gene expression, and direct
reprogramming.
But the favored
reprogramming technique, somatic cell
nuclear transfer (SCNT), otherwise known as research cloning, is fraught with ethical pitfalls as well as technical difficulties because it entails creating a human embryo
by inserting an adult cell nucleus into an ooctye.
«
Nuclear Reprogramming in Cells,»
by J.B. Gurdon and D.A. Melton, Science, Dec. 19, 2008.
The Cas9 / gRNA - modified fibroblasts were subjected to
nuclear reprogramming by somatic cell
nuclear transfer, resulting in live - born goats carrying single - gene mutation.
Somatic cells can be
reprogrammed either
by nuclear transfer into oocytes or
by fusion with embryonic stem (ES) cells.
A brief history of stem cell research serves as an introduction, followed
by coverage of stem cell fundamentals; chapters then explore embryonic and fetal amniotic stem cells, adult stem cells,
nuclear reprogramming, and cancer stem cells.
Reprogramming by nuclear transfer might provide an important source of pluripotent stem cells from human beings, including patients needing cell therapies.