In fact, let - 7 controlled a number of stem cell properties, including the ability to self - renew and differentiate
into different cell types (or «multipotency»).
Neuronal progenitor cells resemble stem cells in that they have the ability to specialize
into different cell types, though with a more limited range of differentiation.
The embryos are usually four to five days old and their stem cells have the potential to develop
into different cell types.
(Progenitor cells are like stem cells in that they can differentiate
into different cell types, but progenitors» fates are more limited and they can replicate only a restricted number of times.)
Several progenitor cells, cells that appear to be committed to their fate but not yet fully differentiated, have been shown to be capable of dedifferentiating
into a different cell type; this process is called transdetermination.
We can direct their development
into different cell types by adding certain molecules to them as they divide.
Adult stem cells: They have less flexibility and «stemness» to change
into different cell types, but they can still produce new cells, specialized to become part of a particular organ or tissue, such as muscle cells or neural cells.
Semenza says methylation leads to the destruction of NANOG's mRNA so that no protein is made, which in turn causes the embryonic stem cells to abandon their stem cell state and mature
into different cell types.
Thousands of these guides can be injected
into different cells at once, a process known as genetic screening.
It stimulates the stem cells to grow and form more stem cells, or to change
into different cells that form complex organs, such as the breast.
Dr. Rhonda Patrick discusses the differences between krill oil and fish oil in terms of bioavailability and transport
into different cells.
Insulin is the primary storage hormone in your body and is used to help get nutrients
into the different cells of your body.
Not exact matches
That means that the stem -
cell therapies have to be converted
into whatever
cell they're meant to be (heart - muscle
cells, neurons, and so forth) before going
into the body, rather than using
different kinds of stem
cells to treat the condition.
It takes more faith to believe the nonsense that something exploded
into everything that we see today, or that a
cell or an animal one day decides that it wants to be something
different so it «evolves».
Neural stem
cells differentiate
into three
different cell types: neurons (purple), oligodendrocytes (red), which produce axon insulation, and astrocytes (green), which also support neurons.
The mystery was how
different bacteria or viruses release their DNA
into the infected
cell to activate AIM2.
Setton's lab exposed the hiPSCs to a variety of
different growth factors and culture media to coax them
into first developing markers for, and then fully forming
into, notochord
cells.
MIMICKING the environment experienced by
cells in the windpipe is enough to transform stem
cells into a range of
different lung
cells.
The analysis revealed that the human genome is organized
into large pieces of low or high epigenetic stochasticity, and that these regions correspond to areas of chromosomes that are structurally
different in the
cell nucleus.
Each of us develops from an unspecialized single
cell into hundreds of
different specific
cell types.
The project's goals were to explore and describe the range of epigenetic changes that take place in bone marrow as stem
cells develop
into different types of mature blood
cell.
Remarkably, given the complexity of the kidney, the
cells differentiated
into exactly those required in the
different compartments of the organ.
«Just as normal
cells with the same genome differentiate
into many
different cell types, a single tumor characterized by specific genetic mutations can contain many
different types of
cells — stem - like and more differentiated
cells — with the difference being rooted in their epigenetic information.
It is controlled, in part, by a series of channels on the surface of heart
cells that regulate the movement of
different ions
into and out of the
cells.
«You take a biopsy of those
cells, you put it
into this device, grow them and see how they respond to
different treatments.»
By analyzing chemical changes of the IRS - 2 protein in immortalized cultures of human white blood
cells, it determined that IRS - 2 appeared in two
different forms — «on,» which allows the signal to pass through, and «off,» which stops the signal from activating the
cells into M2 macrophages.
These three
different cell lineages were subdivided
into two groups.
The researchers then took naïve immune
cells — which transform
into different types based on the invaders they encounter — from the blood of healthy individuals and exposed them to bacteria in the guts of MS patients.
During embryonic development, undifferentiated stem
cells accumulate methyl groups and other epigenetic marks that funnel them
into one of the three germ layers, each of which gives rise to a
different set of adult tissues.
«Disturbances to these processes may cause neuronal stem
cells to develop
into different types of
cells or may cause neurons to migrate to
different locations in the brain, changing neuronal circuitry and potentially leading to behavioral disorders like schizophrenia.»
Last year Loring transformed skin
cells from the drill, a silver - bearded African monkey,
into a pluripotent stem
cell that can form many
different tissue types.
That protein, called NRSF, blocks the expression of 64
different genes and prevents them from turning a
cell into a neuron.
Stem
cells have the prized ability to divide and replenish themselves, as well as turn
into different types of tissues.
For each patient, the suitable combination treatment could then be designed, which, in the first step, would turn the variety of
different tumor
cells into a mass of cancer
cells of the same type.
«Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites have evolved several key - like molecules to enter
into human red blood
cells through
different door - like host receptors.
From tissue and
cell samples from five glioblastoma patients, the scientists obtained 33 individual cancer
cells capable of reproduction, which grew
into very
different tumors in the lab.
One likely reason for this is that animals undergo cellular differentiation; human life begins as a single
cell that differentiates
into the various
cell types needed for
different organs, body parts, blood, the immune system, etc..
Professor Scheffler provides a comparison for the procedure: «Like a car that is disassembled
into its individual parts to check for damage, we examine the
different cancer
cells.»
Next, they used a technique called fluorescence - activated
cell sorting to separate out the newly differentiated retinal ganglion
cells from a mixture of
different cells into a highly purified
cell population for study.
When carbon dioxide is fed
into the
cell, electricity splits it
into oxygen and solid carbon or carbon monoxide gas that could then be used to manufacture many
different products and fuels.
Different T cells are geared to respond to different antigens, and before a T cell can go into action it must encounter its specific antigen in the grip of a Class II MHC
Different T
cells are geared to respond to
different antigens, and before a T cell can go into action it must encounter its specific antigen in the grip of a Class II MHC
different antigens, and before a T
cell can go
into action it must encounter its specific antigen in the grip of a Class II MHC molecule.
In embryos, they guide differentiation from the single fertilized egg
into all
cells that form the
different tissues and structures of the body.
A fuel
cell converts chemical energy
into electricity by reacting hydrogen and oxygen at two
different electrodes.
We have about 4 million smell
cells in our noses, divided
into about 400
different types.
The researchers show that
cells of the same type take up
different amounts of viral DNA
into their nucleus.
The researchers took molecules of
different sizes and colours and used microscopic imaging to see which size of molecule could get
into the gap between an immune
cell and another
cell.
Scientific research depends on trust, so it should come as no surprise that Korean biologist Hwang Woo Suk was able to fool colleagues
into believing that he had cloned stem
cells from 11
different patients.
In a paper published online yesterday in Stem
Cells, the researchers report that they succeeded in generating pluripotent human ES cell lines — i.e., cells that can develop into many different kinds of cells — from one of the 13 late - arrested emb
Cells, the researchers report that they succeeded in generating pluripotent human ES
cell lines — i.e.,
cells that can develop into many different kinds of cells — from one of the 13 late - arrested emb
cells that can develop
into many
different kinds of
cells — from one of the 13 late - arrested emb
cells — from one of the 13 late - arrested embryos.
«That is a really
different and largely unexplored phenomenon, and it's important to understand those viruses» ability to interact and tie
into the function of those
cells.»
«We putzed around and tried
different things,» he said, and after some false starts — they weren't using quite the right brain - making ingredients, so the stem
cells developed
into micro-pancreases and colons — it worked.