To produce the cells, the Salk scientists developed a combination of chemical signals that
directed human stem cells in a laboratory dish to become spatially oriented.
In an NIH - funded study, scientists were able to
direct human stem cells to form networks of tiny blood vessels that can connect to the existing circulation in mice.
Not exact matches
The vote will have little
direct impact on
human embryonic
stem cell research, but the potential threat to reproductive technology and abortion rights is more immediate
«However, our work illustrates the promise of
human pluripotent
stem cells as it presents a
direct path toward realizing the promise of regenerative medicine for certain hormonal disorders.»
In a commentary accompanying the new study, Dolly cloner Ian Wilmut and his co-worker Jane Taylor of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland wrote that «a modified approach to
direct reprogramming... is likely to be the ultimate method of choice for producing
human stem cells.»
In addition, the findings may help guide emerging
stem cell -
directed technologies to generate normal kidney structures for studying and treating
human kidney disease.
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have mapped out the sets of biological and chemical signals necessary to quickly and efficiently
direct human embryonic
stem cells to become pure populations of any of 12 cell types, including bone, heart muscle and cartilage.
Lamba and colleagues recently demonstrated that
human embryonic
stem cells could be
directed to differentiate into photoreceptors and respond to a light stimulus as measured by ERG in crx − / − mice (a model for Leber's congenital amaurosis)[5].
Human - induced pluripotent
stem (iPS) cells can be
directed to develop into light - sensing photoreceptor cells of the retina.
When transplanted to the subretinal space of mice lacking functional photoreceptors,
human embryonic
stem cells
directed toward a retinal lineage integrate into the outer nuclear layer, express photoreceptor markers, and restore a light response as determined by the electroretinogram (ERG)[5].
Isolation and
directed differentiation of neural crest
stem cells derived from
human embryonic
stem cells.
His lab has pioneered the generation of clinical grade induced pluripotent
stem (iPS) cells using non-viral reprogramming methods such as
direct delivery of reprogrammed proteins and novel episomal methods, and has recently identified novel mechanisms underlying metabolic reprogramming during
human induced pluripotency.
Direct conversion or reprogramming of
human postnatal cells into endothelial cells (ECs), bypassing
stem or progenitor cell status, is crucial for regenerative medicine, cell therapy, and pathophysiological investigation but has remained largely unexplored.
W. Hu et al., «
Direct conversion of normal and Alzheimer's disease
human fibroblasts into neuronal cells by small molecules,» Cell
Stem Cell, doi: 10.1016 / j.
stem.2015.07.006, 2015.
Direct conversion of
human pluripotent
stem cells (hPSCs) by forced expression of transcription factors provides a potential alternative.
Human pluripotent stem cells derived from embryos (human Embryonic Stem Cells or hESCs) or generated by direct reprogramming of somatic cells (human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells or hiPSCs) can proliferate almost indefinitely in vitro while maintaining the capacity to differentiate into a broad diversity of cell t
Human pluripotent
stem cells derived from embryos (human Embryonic Stem Cells or hESCs) or generated by direct reprogramming of somatic cells (human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells or hiPSCs) can proliferate almost indefinitely in vitro while maintaining the capacity to differentiate into a broad diversity of cell ty
stem cells derived from embryos (
human Embryonic Stem Cells or hESCs) or generated by direct reprogramming of somatic cells (human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells or hiPSCs) can proliferate almost indefinitely in vitro while maintaining the capacity to differentiate into a broad diversity of cell t
human Embryonic
Stem Cells or hESCs) or generated by direct reprogramming of somatic cells (human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells or hiPSCs) can proliferate almost indefinitely in vitro while maintaining the capacity to differentiate into a broad diversity of cell ty
Stem Cells or hESCs) or generated by
direct reprogramming of somatic cells (
human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells or hiPSCs) can proliferate almost indefinitely in vitro while maintaining the capacity to differentiate into a broad diversity of cell t
human Induced Pluripotent
Stem Cells or hiPSCs) can proliferate almost indefinitely in vitro while maintaining the capacity to differentiate into a broad diversity of cell ty
Stem Cells or hiPSCs) can proliferate almost indefinitely in vitro while maintaining the capacity to differentiate into a broad diversity of cell types.