Sentences with phrase «mimics embryonic development»

The 3D structure of the pellet mimics embryonic development of the limbs, and improves the intercellular communication essential for chondrogenesis to occur [8, 9].

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.

«That was what was different in this particular study, we created a differentiation protocol to mimic embryonic development.»

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Now, a collaborative team of scientists at Washington University in St. Louis has developed a new process to generate NP - like cells from hiPSCs, one that truly goes back to the beginning and mimics the process of embryonic development.

Salk scientists and colleagues have proposed new molecular criteria for judging just how close any line of laboratory - generated stem cells comes to mimicking embryonic cells seen in the very earliest stages of human development, known as naïve stem cells.

Instead of mimicking the complex 3D organization of the developing pituitary gland, this approach relies on the precisely timed exposure of human pluripotent stem cells to a few specific cellular signals that are known to play an important role during embryonic development.

Veronica Palma, from University of Chile, led the study with Rehen and highlights the combined approaches allowed the creation of an environment that mimics the one during embryonic brain development.