Sentences with phrase «in ordinary skin cells»

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A promising alternative to hESCs emerged in 2006 when researchers produced so - called induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) from ordinary tissue such as skin.

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.

Dr. Yamanaka's discovery — how to transform ordinary adult skin cells into stem cells that, like embryonic stem cells, can develop into any cell in the human body.

After completing his postdoctoral training at Gladstone, Dr. Yamanaka discovered an innovative technology that transforms ordinary adult skin cells into stem cells that, like embryonic stem cells, can develop into virtually any cell type in the human body.

Shinya Yamanaka MD, PhD, a senior investigator at the Gladstone Institutes has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of how to transform ordinary adult skin cells into cells that, like embryonic stem cells, are capable of developing into any cell in the human body.

In 2006, Gladstone Senior Investigator Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, discovered he could make stem cells — dubbed induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)-- by treating ordinary skin cells with four key proteins.