Sentences with phrase «into embryonic development»

The zebrafish is used as a model organism for research into the embryonic development of vertebrates.

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Embryonic cells are pluripotent, having the full genetic code enabling them to become any type of cell; they differentiate into particular cells in their later development.

The idea of development seems to have come from biology, where it is used in reference to the process of evolution from a previous and lower (e.g., embryonic) stage to a later, more complex or more perfect one; this development can involve differentiation into individual organisms and their subsequent histories.

I have decided to break this topic down into 3 parts: How to Incubate Chicken Eggs with Kids, Stages of Embryonic Development and Activities to do while Incubating, and finally The Hatch and Going Home.

Some of the researchers at the centre will study the differentiation of stem cells into other cell types, one group by using human embryonic stem cell biology and another by studying early embryo development.

Turtle embryonic development is divided into 27 stages.

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.

«It's an exciting development, and we await the outcome over the next year to see how well these cells integrate, and if there are any potential adverse reactions,» says Mike Cheetham of the Institute of Ophthalmology at University College London, one site where research is under way into a human embryonic stem - cell treatment for AMD.

In a similar way to how they work in other cells, epigenetic markers push PGCs to their fate during embryonic development, but PGCs are unique because when they develop into sperm and eggs, the epigenetic markers are erased.

When examined under a microscope, the tumors resemble immature embryonic kidneys, leading doctors to conclude that Wilms tumors form when kidney development, normally complete by birth, persists into childhood.

All stem cells are immature cells known for their ability to multiply indefinitely and give rise to progenitor cells that mature into specific cell types that populate the body's tissues during embryonic development.

They were interested in one of the cell's key signaling pathways, the MAPK pathway, which helps control cell growth, embryonic development, and the maturation of oocytes into eggs.

Hilde Mangold (1898 - 1924) Under the guidance of Hans Spemann, she carried out the experiments that led to the discovery of the organizer effect, which directs the development of embryonic cells into tissues and organs.

«Changes in metabolites can regulate earliest stages of development: Findings may offer insights into a variety of disorders, advance embryonic stem cell research.»

«The new experimental techniques we used, combined with collaborative efforts of biologists and computer scientists, are allowing us to gain new insight into the exquisite accuracy of embryonic development.»

This technology was pioneered by Shinya Yamanaka, who showed that the introduction of four specific proteins that are essential during early embryonic development could be used to convert adult cells into pluripotent cells.

This discovery by the scientists at the CRG provides an insight into stem cell - forming molecular mechanisms, and is therefore of great interest for studies on the early stages of life, during embryonic development.

The fossils preserve stages of embryonic development frozen in time by miraculous processes of fossilisation, which turned their squishy cells into stone.

Scientists use OCT4 protein to reprogram adult cells into embryonic - like cells, an indication that it is involved in early development (SN: 11/24/07, p. 323).

During embryonic development, organ - specific cell types are formed from pluripotent stem cells, which can differentiate into all cell types of the human body.

They then exposed these cells to certain growth factors in - vitro to cause them to turn into liver - like cells, in a process that mimics embryonic development.

Tooth development is the complex process by which teeth form from embryonic cells, grow, and erupt into the mouth.

Neural crest cells are a type of stem cell; during vertebrate embryonic development, they eventually differentiate into specialized cells such as those that make facial skeleton cells or those that create pigment cells.

A second method involves introducing the transgenic DNA into embryonic stem cells (ES cells) derived from a mouse embryo at the very early stages of development.

Interneuron cell - based therapy in AD and related models: During brain development, embryonic interneuron precursors are generated in the medial ganglionic eminence (MGE) and retain a remarkable capacity for migration and integration in adult host brains, where they fully mature into functional inhibitory interneurons.

The gene, known as gata5, acts in embryonic cells, which are primordial, unspecialized cells that form in the earliest stage of embryonic development and are genetically programmed to evolve into one of many specialized cell types, such as skeletal muscle cells, nerve cells, blood cells, skin cells, and liver cells.

«Discovery of a gene that could convert human embryonic stem cells into myocardial cells would be golden,» said Didier Stainier, PhD, UCSF assistant professor of biochemistry and biophysics, the senior author of the UCSF study and a pioneer in the study of heart development in the transparent zebrafish embryo.

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have managed to reconstruct the early stage of mammalian development using embryonic stem cells, showing that a critical mass of cells — not too few, but not too many — is needed for the cells to being self - organising into the correct structure for an embryo to form.

They are present during the early stages of embryonic development and possess the ability to become, or «differentiate,» into almost any tissue within the body.

Although additional research is required to propel the embryo into the next stage - that of a live fetus - this study offers a more comprehensive understanding of early embryonic development and could help improve fertility treatments.

The artificial embryonic model could facilitate investigations into how genetic manipulations and environmental toxins affect embryo development.

Pasco Rakic has deciphered how neurons in the embryonic brain arrange themselves during development into the highly ordered, densely interconnected, and immensely complex circuitry of the adult cerebral cortex.

As one example, using insights from embryonic development, Jessell has been able to convert embryonic stem cells into functioning motor neurons, facilitating the discovery of medicines to treat such diseases.

«Here, we've mapped the series of steps that precede Dll4 activation and that set the stage for the formation of arteries — shedding light into a so - called «black box» of embryonic development.»

Integrating this new information into computational models, my colleagues and I predicted that about 5 percent of HARs function as noncoding RNAs, while most are enhancers that control gene expression during embryonic development.9

In this study, the team delved deep into the nucleus of cells belonging to mouse and zebrafish embryos — two important animal models of embryonic development — in order to determine how the Dll4 gene is turned on.

Unlike embryonic stem cells from earlier in development, fetal stem cells from umbilical cord blood are multipotent - they can develop into a limited number of cell types.

10/10/2007 Researchers Reveal Repressor Protein Blocks Neural Stem Cell Development A protein known to repress gene transcription at the molecular level in a variety of processes also blocks embryonic neural stem cells from differentiating into neurons, according to a study by University of California, San Diego and Howard Hughes Me... More...

Human embryonic stem cells grown at the University of Wisconsin - Madison randomly changed into cell types found in the A) gut B) brain C) bone marrow D) cartilage E) muscle F) kidney Scientists haven't learned to control the development.

This intra-species comparison between development and regeneration will provide novel insights into the plastic nature of the morphogenetic trajectories that lead to organ formation in both embryonic and adult stages.

During that time, she applied her knowledge of the processes governing normal heart development to direct the differentiation of embryonic stem cells into the cardiac lineage.

These genes normally guide embryonic heart development; however, in the adult mice hearts, they helped transform non-beating cells that form scar tissue into beating heart muscle cells.

Taking into account that ES cells are isolated at embryonic day 3.5 post fertilization, the sequential appearance of genes specific for gastrulation, mesoderm formation, hemopoiesis, cardiopoiesis and neurogenesis during ES cell differentiation follows the timing of comparable developmental stages in embryonic development.

Determining how an embryonic stem cell differentiates into mature cells might eventually allow development of methods to reprogram an adult cell.