Sentences with phrase «immature stem cells»

Mature embryonic stem cells cultivated in the laboratory can, under the right conditions, be backed up in their development to the more immature stem cell type.

The human brain consists of thousands of different types of nerve cells that are all formed out of what in simple terms can be described as immature stem cells.

The researchers said that the concepts used to assemble their circuit diagram could enable stem cell biologists to induce immature stem cells to develop into specific types of cells for therapeutic purposes.

2006 Shinya Yamanaka identifies and activates a small number of mouse genes in the cells of connective tissue, showing they can be reprogrammed to behave like immature stem cells.

Immunofluorescence microscopy reveals the different protein profiles of immature stem cells (coloured pink) and mature stem cells (coloured green).

The MYC gene encodes the protein with the same name, and has an important role in many cellular processes such as proliferation, metabolism, cell death and the potential of differentiation from immature stem cells to different types of specialized cells.

Bone marrow contains immature stem cells that can grow into three types of cells: red blood cells, to transport oxygen; white blood cells, for fighting infections; and platelets, to facilitate clotting when needed.

Stem cell scientist Martin Pera of the University of Melbourne in Australia, calls it an «exciting study» that demonstrates that the environment within an adult body can help immature stem cells develop to an adult stage, something that has proven difficult to do in vitro.

More than 40 years later, Shinya Yamanaka discovered in 2006 how intact mature cells in mice could be reprogrammed to become immature stem cells.

But progress has been slow because scientists don't know the recipe for stimulating immature stem cells to differentiate into the highly specialized pancreatic islet cells, the cells that are destroyed in Type 1 diabetes.

The «ink» is a clear gel mixture of mature tissue cells, immature stem cells and polymers designed to mimic real tissues» consistency.

As expected, only the immature stem cell type was identified in such pre-implanted embryos, which indicates that the antibodies are highly specific.

These immature stem cells are of great scientific interest since they are believed to have the potential to build certain cell types that are difficult to obtain from the classical stem cells, and they may also be easier to cultivate and manipulate in the laboratory.

Converting adult skin cells into pluripotent cells — immature stem cells that can be programmed to become any tissue in the body — is a rapidly developing area of science that earned the researcher who discovered the technique, Shinya Yamanaka, a Nobel Prize in 2012.

New studies in mice have shown that immature stem cells that proliferate to form brain tissues can function for at least a year — most of the life span of a mouse — and give rise to multiple types of...