For the new study, the team used a cell - reprogramming technique (similar to those used to reprogram skin cells into stem cells) to generate human DRG - type sensory neurons
from ordinary skin cells called fibroblasts.
Not exact matches
A promising alternative to hESCs emerged in 2006 when researchers produced so - called induced pluripotent stem
cells (iPS)
from ordinary tissue such as
skin.
Scientists will be able to create an entire embryo using
ordinary skin cells or other adult
cells, without ever using gametes harvested
from a person.
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.
Two teams independently discover a way to turn
ordinary human
skins cells into stem
cells with the same characteristics as those derived
from human embryos, a breakthrough that could open the door for advanced medical therapies.
Two teams of scientists have independently discovered a way to turn
ordinary human
skin cells into stem
cells with the same characteristics as those derived
from human embryos, a breakthrough that could open the door for advanced medical therapies.