Sentences with phrase «new type of stem cell»

Salk Institute scientists discover new type of stem cell that could potentially generate mature, functional tissues

«Maybe the invention of this new type of stem cell was important in driving brain evolution,» says Mueller.

These new types of stem cells have the capacity to turn into many other cell types, holding immense promise for regenerating damaged tissues all over the body.

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A new type of human stem cell, never seen in nature, should be better at making replacement organs than existing stem cells

These cells, which can become several different types of blood cells, are similar to the specialized stem cells found in bone marrow that can churn out new blood cells.

We wanted to understand what types of differences are always there, what is causing them, and what they mean,» says Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, a professor in Salk's Gene Expression Laboratory and co-senior author, with Kelly Frazer of the University of California, San Diego, on the new paper, which was published in Cell Stem Cell in April 2017.

«We hope that these new insights will make it possible to modulate the differentiation of stem cells — causing them to generate cells of a particular type,» says Carell.

The researchers also found that arteries and veins from the macaques» hearts grew into the new heart tissue, the first time it has been shown that blood vessels from a host animal will grow into and nurture a large stem - cell derived graft of this type.

The science is still too new to know for sure which types of stem cells will be best suited to which kinds of research and treatments.

Now, with new kinds of technologies that are coming up, new types of tissue engineering and, you know, some of the hopes that people have for stem cells and [the] like, it may be interesting to see if there are other ways, alternatives to dealing with really badly damaged hearts that would involve growing a new heart or replacing or repairing the damage d to a badly damaged heart that might make artificial hearts less important in the somewhat more distant future.

Last week, scientists at Harvard University and Columbia University announced that they had proved the viability of a new way to study a disease — amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — by reprogramming cells from a patient to become pluripotent stem cells, which can then become any type of cell or tissue.

At a press conference, Harvard officials also announced the establishment of a new iPS «core» lab at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute to speed the development of the new cell types and their dissemination to researchers around the woCell Institute to speed the development of the new cell types and their dissemination to researchers around the wocell types and their dissemination to researchers around the world.

Using next - generation sequencing technologies that were previously unavailable, Michael Gardner, a graduate research assistant, and Jianying Wang, a senior research associate in Mitchum's lab, made a remarkable new discovery — nematodes possess the ability to produce a second type of peptide that can effectively «take over» plant stem cells that are used to create vital pathways for the delivery of nutrients throughout the plant.

Since embryonic stem cells can differentiate into any type of tissue, they have the potential to treat an almost unending array of medical conditions — replacing damaged or lost body parts or tissues, slowing degenerative diseases, even growing new organs.

The stem cell model says that tumor growth is more hierarchical, mainly driven by a subset of cells that can make new copies of themselves and give rise to the other cell types the tumor contains.

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.

In a new study published in Scientific Reports, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)- led researchers investigated photodynamic detection of cancer stem cells in a glioma cell line, a model of a highly aggressive type of brain cancer.

The activated stem cells generate new blood cells of every type to counteract the blood loss or combat the pathogen.

Because biologists like Daley are convinced that embryonic stem cells — the most generic, versatile type — may not only lead to dramatically different new treatments but can also uniquely illuminate the origins of disease in a way adult stem cells never will.

Stem cells obtained from human embryos seem to offer the best chance of new therapies, because unlike other stem cells they have the ability to morph into almost any type of tisStem cells obtained from human embryos seem to offer the best chance of new therapies, because unlike other stem cells they have the ability to morph into almost any type of tisstem cells they have the ability to morph into almost any type of tissue.

One of the team's most exciting new observations suggests a link between autism and a type of neural stem cell called outer - radial glia (oRGs), discovered by the Kriegstein lab in 2010.

Ploegh envisions the technique being used to create a new type of personalized therapy in the future — your own cells could be isolated, used to create stem cells that differentiate into erythroblasts, genetically modified to carry a molecule, and reinjected into your body.

Theoretically, such stem cells can form any of the body's cell types and could be used in new treatments for Parkinson's disease, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, cardiac disease, and spinal cord injuries.

Earlier this year he and his colleagues identified a new type of human pluripotent stem cell that seems to be especially good at contributing to animal embryos.

Stem cells can differentiate into any type of cell in the body and create new tissues to repair injuries.

«Our new type of treatment only targets metastatic tissue, which enables us to avoid some of conventional chemotherapy's unwanted side effects,» said Zhao, who is a member of the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center at UCI.

A defining property of all stem cells is that when they divide into two new cells, they can form both stem cells and differentiated cells (cells on their way to becoming a specific type of tissue).

A particular type of stem cell found in muscle can give rise to new muscle tissue, so a team led by geneticist Luis Garcia of Généthon, a nonprofit biotechnology firm in Évry, France, investigated whether these cells could be used to reverse the dystrophin problems.

These findings will open up new ways to improve the efficiency of cell reprogramming and to drive stem cells to become different types of specialised cell.

The curative properties of stem cells may rely on prions, a new study suggests, the type of protein made infamous by mad cow disease.

To regain function, connections from the brain to the spinal cord must regrow, different types of immune cells have to clear the injury site, and stem cells in the spinal cord need to generate new nerve cells, which then connect to the muscles.

Studying a new type of pinhead - size, lab - grown brain made with technology first suggested by three high school students, Johns Hopkins researchers have confirmed a key way in which Zika virus causes microcephaly and other damage in fetal brains: by infecting specialized stem cells that build its outer layer, the cortex.

When a stem cell divides, each new cell has the potential either to remain a stem cell or become another type of cell with a more specialized function, such as a muscle cell, a red blood cell, or a brain cell (Fig 1).

Professor Chien's research on how blood flow regulates interaction between the blood stream, blood cells and artery walls also leads to new information relevant to other types of cells, e.g., stem cells and cancer cells.

But, it was known that when HIF - 1 normally activates signals in the body to build new vessels, one of the many types of cells recruited to the site of new vessel growth is a population of stem cells from the bone marrow, which are called bone marrow - derived angiogenic cells.

The goal of this protocol (written in French) is to describe the steps and quality controls to prepare new stable murine embryonic stem cells lines: ① either from wild type mouse embryos to introduce a mutation by genetic targeting or homologous recombination to get a genetically modified mouse line ② or from genetically modified mouse embryos with two aims:

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Human Embryonic Stem (hES) cells derived from Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosed (PGD)- embryos offer a new alternative source of cellular model as they can be largely expanded, differentiated in several cell types and harbors «naturally» the causative mutation of the pathology.

stem cell Special cells in the body that can make any of several different types of new cells, including blood cells.

Gladstone scientists have discovered how to make the three types of heart cells — cardiomyocytes, endothelial cells, and smooth muscle cells — out of a new type of cardiac stem cell created in a lab.

Scientists say they've created a new type of human stem cell that they believe will help pave the away for new therapies for a range of conditions.

Called STAP cells, the new stem cells can change into more types of cells than other lab - made stem cells.

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«We have identified novel molecular features in diverse cell types using a new strategy of analyzing hundreds of cells individually,» said Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhD, director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at Ucell types using a new strategy of analyzing hundreds of cells individually,» said Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhD, director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCell Research at UCSF.

In an effort to solve this problem, a team of scientists from Israel and the United States have created a new type of cell that doesn't exist in nature — human stem cells with only half of our naturally occurring chromosomes.

New research shows the vital role of a type of internal «spring cleaning» that both clears out garbage inside the cells, and keeps them in their perpetual stem - cell state.

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have discovered how to make a new type of cell that is in between embryonic stem cells and adult heart cells, and that may hold the key to treating heart disease.

New studies in mice have shown that immature stem cells that proliferate to form brain tissues can function for at least a year — most of the life span of a mouse — and give rise to multiple types of...

A major new insight is the realization that different tumors of the same type may rely on entirely different tumor stem cell populations.