Sentences with phrase «earlier embryonic state»

In comparison with the cells obtained with the technique developed by Yamanaka, the stem cells obtained by CNIO therefore represent an even earlier embryonic state, with greater capacity for differentiation.

In essence, these studies suggested that a newly fertilized, enucleated egg has the ability to «reprogram» a much older donor nucleus, making the resultant cell behave as though it were at a very early embryonic state.

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By analysing the early steps that precede tumor formation, Alexandra Van Keymeulen and colleagues found that expression of oncogenic Pik3ca reactivates a multilineage differentiation program in adult stem cells that resembles to an immature embryonic state.

The ability of a fertilized egg to generate both embryonic and extra-embryonic tissues is referred to as «totipotency,» an ultimate stem cell state seen only during the earliest stages of embryonic development.

The third and most recent round of grants awarded earlier this year for stem cell research by the state of Minnesota tracks a pattern established with the two earlier rounds of grants: a noticeable lack of support for human embryonic stem cell research.