This video provides an overview of MimEX ™ Tissue Model Systems, a next - generation 3 - dimensional (3 - D) cell culture platform for the generation of ex vivo epithelial -
derived organ tissue.
Not exact matches
Another challenge is producing stem - cell -
derived tissues or
organs that don't develop teratomas — tumors that contain a variety of
tissues found in different
organs — when transplanted.
For instance, medical researchers might succeed in creating complex
tissues and
organs derived from patients» own stem cells.
Several groups of fish have evolved the capacity to generate electrical pulses from specialised «electric
organs»,
derived from either muscle
tissue or nerve
tissue.
So - called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, which are
derived from adult human
tissue, have the added advantage of producing
tissues and
organs genetically matched to a recipient, avoiding the problem of immune system rejection.
MimEX ™
Tissue Model Systems provide a robust system to generate accessible ex vivo 3 - D tissue from epithelial - derived o
Tissue Model Systems provide a robust system to generate accessible ex vivo 3 - D
tissue from epithelial - derived o
tissue from epithelial -
derived organs.
In contrast, adult stem cells are
derived from mature
tissue, typically from bone marrow, but increasingly from most
organs.
This information will be particularly important for future evaluation of ES - like induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells reprogrammed from somatic
tissues that can be potentially used to
derive pancreatic cells, cardiomyocytes or neurons for
organ regeneration [21], [65]--[67].
San Diego, CA (March 31, 2009)-- Novocell, Inc., a stem cell engineering company, today announced that it has received U.S. Patent 7,510,876 with claims covering human definitive endoderm cells, an essential cell for generating not only pancreatic type cells, which Novocell is developing for use as a cell therapy for diabetes, but also other endoderm lineage -
derived tissues and
organs such as lungs, intestine, liver, thymus and thyroid.
It is
derived from the bones, fibrous
tissues, and
organs of animals.
«Glandular» supplements are
derived from specific
organs and
tissues in the body, such as adrenal or thyroid glands, and are particularly helpful at providing the nutritional constituents that these
organ systems need to function properly.