Sentences with phrase «coaxing human embryonic stem cells»

In September a European team reported coaxing human embryonic stem cells from an «arrested» IVF embryo — one that had stopped dividing before it reached the blastocyst stage and thus died a natural death.

by Paroma Basu Scientists grow critical nerve cells MADISON, WI — January 31, 2005 — After years of trial and error, scientists have coaxed human embryonic stem cells to become spinal motor neurons, critical nervous system pathways that relay messages from the brain to the rest of the body.

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The stem cells, derived from human umbilical cord - blood and coaxed into an embryonic - like state, were grown without the conventional use of viruses, which can mutate genes and initiate cancers, according to the scientists.