Sentences with phrase «into different types of cells»

Stem cells have the unique ability to divide and develop into different types of cells that form various tissues and organs of the body during development and growth.

Nevertheless, it is difficult to follow stem cells that can potentially differentiate into different types of cells.

Since then, researchers have learned to mix stem cells with combinations of proteins called growth factors to make the cells grow into different types of cells.

These inflammatory macrophages release a variety of proteins, including some that loosen the structure of the cells, allowing acinar cells to morph into different types of cells.

As «immature» somatic cells, stem cells can mature into different types of cells, thus making them responsible for the development of all the tissues and organs in the body.

«Our group pioneered the development of cell culture technology for harvesting large numbers of stem cells from human bone marrow and human umbilical cord blood,» Dr. Yeh said, noting that stem cells from these two sources are abundant and can be guided into different types of cells using tissue engineering.

Other Gladstone researchers transform adult cells directly into different types of cells without first converting them to stem cells.

In the immune system, naive T - helper cells differentiate into different types of cells depending on the kind of infection.

«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.»

Then, the cells begin to «specialise» into different types of cell and space out asymmetrically, forming an axis which begins to provide a structure for the embryo to develop along.

«Much of the focus in stem cell research has been how to turn them into different types of cells such as neurons, but maybe that is not always necessary,» Yamasaki said.