Sentences with phrase «forming stem cells in the lab»

Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital have, for the first time, generated blood - forming stem cells in the lab using pluripotent stem cells, which can make virtually every cell type in the body.

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In lab dishes, the blast cells formed tissues that resembled blood - forming stem cells as well as blood vessels, the group found.

For example, animal studies have shown that neurons derived in the lab from human embryonic stem cells improve Parkinson's symptoms; however, any residual stem cells associated with those neurons could form masses of unwanted cells.

«The blood - brain barrier forms pretty early in gestation, so the thyroid hormone, even from the mother, is probably not getting through the barrier and into the brain, likely leading to developmental deficits,» says Shusta, whose group was among the first to develop blood - brain barriers from patient - derived stem cells in the lab dish.

LA JOLLA — By carefully controlling the levels of two proteins, researchers at the Salk Institute have discovered how to keep mammary stem cells — those that can form breast tissue — alive and functioning in the lab.

The mouse lines, which will be stored in the form of frozen embryos, frozen sperm and frozen embryonic stem (ES) cells, will be delivered to NIH - funded mouse repositories that supply mice to universities, medical schools and research labs all over the world.

In addition, three California - based ALS research labs have joined forces to form the Neuro Collaborative, which will create induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell lines from ALS patients that can be used to screen for new drugs and will be shared with the other groups.