Sentences with phrase «capable as embryonic stem cells»

«The holy grail in this field,» Kass says, «is to get cells which are every bit as capable as embryonic stem cells without using embryos at all.»

Not exact matches

Embryonic stem cells are scientifically and medically interesting because they are «pluripotent» (capable of generating many cell types), but they are not the same as totipotent single - cell embryos.

The act of reprogramming cells to make them as capable as ones from embryos apparently can result in aberrant cells that age and die abnormally, suggesting there is a long way to go to prove such cells are really like embryonic stem cells and can find use in therapies.

The stem cells produced through this therapeutic cloning would, like other embryonic stem cells, be capable of developing into many cell types and serve as a repair system for whatever part of the body required replenishment at the time.

Derivation of pluripotent stem cells, either of embryonic origin or following genetic reprogramming, has opened the path for an alternative source for epidermal cell therapy as these cells are both immortal and pluripotent, theoretically capable of providing any requested number of cells of any desired phenotype.

Not so long ago, human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research and SCNT were being hailed as the future of regenerative medicine, capable of generating cures and therapies for any number of diseases and conditions.