Sentences with phrase «immortal cells»

In mouse they are defined functionally as a karyotypically normal immortal cell line that can give rise to all the future lineages of the conceptus [3].

Amounts of telomerase RNA increased in immortal cells derived from primary mouse fibroblasts.

To allay that fear, Shay and his colleagues checked the newly immortal cells for other telltale traits of cancer cells.

The team's development of, and experimentation with, the human stem - cell disease model for FOP, published in the December issue of the Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, is a realization of the promise of research using stem cells of the type known as induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, immortal cells of nearly limitless potential, derived not from embryos, but from adult tissues.

On the human front, at least one human being possessed immortal cells — and they were found in a tumor.

But because cancer cells contain telomerase and also live forever, scientists worried that the newly immortal cells would become malignant when implanted in humans.

But he and other experts caution that while the immortal cells retain growth controls in culture, they may still be predisposed to cancer in humans.

However, immortal cells are hardly a fountain of youth.

Why were these immortal cells found in a fatal tumor?

This free, downloadable poster file is an engaging visual aid, source of information, and stimulus for discussions related to Henrietta Lacks and her immortal cells.

Amidst the dizzying paradoxes of future - turned - now, she is joined by a range of other protagonists: an immortal cell, a memory from 1972 that has outlived the humans who would have remembered it, a disbanded trio of off - grid lovers, lab children with their robot caregiver, and a workers» collective comprised entirely of disembodied ears.