Sentences with phrase «created human embryonic stem cells»

Replacement tissue that avoids rejection by a patient's immune system is a step closer to the clinic, as researchers have created human embryonic stem cells carrying the DNA of specific adults.

They view this as a test run for creating human embryonic stem cells in the same way (and according to the team, South Korean biologist Hwang Woo Suk seems to have accidentally accomplished this feat while executing his famously fraudulent human cloning experiment).

Because fertilized human embryos are far more accessible than unfertilized eggs, which can not be frozen and stored, extending the result to humans could lower the practical barriers against creating human embryonic stem cells to study and potentially treat disease.

In 2006, Woo Suk Hwang had to retract two papers published in Science in which his team claimed it had used the technique employed in cloning Dolly the sheep to create human embryonic stem cells matched to specific people who had various diseases.

Researchers have developed a new technique for creating human embryonic stem cells by fusing adult somatic cells with embryonic stem cells.

Not exact matches

Benedict argued that non-conjugal reproduction such as in vitro fertilization had created «new problems» ¯ the freezing of human embryos, for instance, and the selective abortion of medically implanted embryos, together with pre-implantation diagnosis, embryonic stem - cell research, and attempts at human cloning.

A few weeks ago we all heard the announcement of a major scientific breakthrough that allowed scientists to create the equivalent of human embryonic stem cells (called induced pluripotent stem cells) but without using or destroying embryos.

Scientists looking for new methods to make human tissue have successfully used cloning technology to create embryonic stem cells from skin cells.

Although he never banned this research outright, President Bush limited federal funding for research to the embryonic stem cell lines that existed before August 2001, thus drawing a line at destroying human embryos created after that date.

To make the HSCs, the Harvard group used human skin cells to create induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), adult cells researchers genetically reprogram to an embryonic - stem - cell state, where they can grow into any kind of cell.

Eighteen adults with severe eye disease who were among the first people to receive transplants created from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) continue to have no apparent complications with the introduced cells after an average of nearly 2 years, according to the latest status report on their health.

The bill was put forth to loosen the restrictions Bush placed on human embryonic stem cell research on August 9, 2001, when he banned federal funding for work with any stem cell line created after that date.

The result — the second such finding in the past year — suggests that similar cells from human testicles might have similar powers, paving the way to creating replacement tissue for men who have suffered damage from heart attacks or other injuries and avoiding some of the controversy surrounding embryonic stem cells (ESC).

What we discovered is that we can create literally millions or billions of these from human embryonic stem cells.

Scientists have created red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, in a step that they say could mean an infinite source of blood for transfusions.

A new paper in the journal Cell claiming to have achieved breakthrough stem cell work — using cloning to create personalized human embryonic stem cells — is coming under serious scrutCell claiming to have achieved breakthrough stem cell work — using cloning to create personalized human embryonic stem cells — is coming under serious scrutcell work — using cloning to create personalized human embryonic stem cells — is coming under serious scrutiny.

Previous research in rodent disease models has shown that transplanted oligodendrocyte precursor cells derived from embryonic stem cells and from human fetal brain tissue can successfully create myelin sheaths around nerve cells, sometimes leading to dramatic improvements in symptoms.

Because embryos are not destroyed to create them, they have been hailed as a way out of the ethical dilemma posed by human embryonic stem cells.

Since its inception, CIRM has sought to create a system from the ground up for funding research on human embryonic stem cells to fill in the gaps left by federal funding restrictions (ScienceNOW, 12 April).

One team in Japan, and another in the US, have independently shown it is possible to produce embryonic - like stem cells directly from a patient's own skin cells without having to create and destroy a cloned human embryo first.

According to a new analysis, the cell line they created represented the first example of parthenogenetic human embryonic stem (ES) cells.

Using a technique called COSMIC (Crosslinking of Small Molecules to Isolate Chromatin), the researchers were able to create polyamides that would bind to DNA in human embryonic stem cells.

Though Hwang Woo - suk, a South Korean scientist claimed to have created the first human embryonic clone and derived a stem - cell line from it in 2004 his work was later shown to be fraudulent.

Benedict argued that non-conjugal reproduction such as in vitro fertilization had created «new problems» ¯ the freezing of human embryos, for instance, and the selective abortion of medically implanted embryos, together with pre-implantation diagnosis, embryonic stem - cell research, and attempts at human cloning.

Patent explosion Meanwhile, science is rapidly advancing in the field of creating induced pluripotent cells, which like human embryonic stem cells can be manipulated to form other cells.

What Collins does not say, however, is that the new NIH guidelines also allow for federal funds to be used in studying new human embryonic stem cell lines that are created (by private entities, of course) beyond the 700 currently in existence.

The new NIH guidelines do not permit the use of federal funds for creating new human embryonic stem cell lines.

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.

Differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells (embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs)-RRB- may be a useful strategy to create the supply to meet the high demand, although this currently remains inefficient or includes the use of xenogeneic and undefined reagents.

The Food and Drug Administration in November approved the company's plans to test cells created from human embryonic stem cells on 12 patients suffering from each condition.

Researchers have treated the first two patients in the second government - authorized attempt to evaluate a therapy created using human embryonic stem cells in the United States.

2007 also saw one of the most game - changing developments in the stem cell field; researchers learned how to create cells like embryonic stem cells, but instead of coming from an embryo these cells are created from adult cells, potentially cells from any tissue in the human body.

Virtually identical to human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) except for their origin of isolation, the recently created induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)(Yu et al., 2007; Takahashi et al., 2007) hold much potential for use in regenerative therapies.

Government regulators have given the go - ahead to a second study that will for the first time carefully test a treatment created using human embryonic stem cells in people, according to the company sponsoring the experiment.

The first reports of the successful reprogramming of adult human cells back into so - called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, which by all appearances looked and acted liked embryonic stem cells created a media stir.

Stice's neural cell kits created from human embryonic stem cell lines last up to six months.

In the new study, 12 patients will be treated with healthy scavenger cells, created in a laboratory from human embryonic stem cells.

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