Sentences with phrase «on in embryonic stem cells»

«We studied how the Sox2 gene is turned on in mice, and found the region of the genome that is needed to turn the gene on in embryonic stem cells,» said Professor Jennifer Mitchell of U of T's Department of Cell and Systems Biology, lead invesigator of a study published in the December 15 issue of Genes & Development.

Mitchell and her colleagues eliminated this possibility when they deleted these nearby regions in the genome of mice and found there was no impact on the gene's ability to be turned on in embryonic stem cells.

Not exact matches

If we are against the use of stem cell research on the basis of embryonic destruction, shouldn't we also be against in - vitro fertilization clinics because there are always excess embryos that get discarded?

research; since most of the reports have concentrated on justifying the creation of cloned human embryos for research into and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's, «stem - cells» has become synonymous with «embryonic stem - cells» in the public imagination.

In all likelihood, soon after he is sworn in, federal dollars will start flowing toward research on new embryonic stem - cell lines, bringing with it new battles to fighIn all likelihood, soon after he is sworn in, federal dollars will start flowing toward research on new embryonic stem - cell lines, bringing with it new battles to fighin, federal dollars will start flowing toward research on new embryonic stem - cell lines, bringing with it new battles to fight.

Not surprisingly, President Obama received high marks from the journal, largely because his response to the question of whether he would lift Bush's ban on the federal funding of new embryonic stem - cell lines is in line with the view of most in the scientific community.

In fact, when the 2007 paper came out, the commentaries in most scientific publications were quick to point out that, despite the success with adult cells, there was still a need to continue embryo - destructive research and that it would be critical to the advancement of science that research on embryonic stem cells continuIn fact, when the 2007 paper came out, the commentaries in most scientific publications were quick to point out that, despite the success with adult cells, there was still a need to continue embryo - destructive research and that it would be critical to the advancement of science that research on embryonic stem cells continuin most scientific publications were quick to point out that, despite the success with adult cells, there was still a need to continue embryo - destructive research and that it would be critical to the advancement of science that research on embryonic stem cells continue.

(i) a woman's right to an abortion; (iii) medical immunization of teen girls (and boys) against HPV; (iv) assisted suicide; (vi) gay marriage; (vii) my right to view art and theatre deemed «offensive,» «blasphemous» or «obscene» Catholics; (viii) basic $ ex education for older school children; (ix) treating drug abuse as principally a medical issue; (x) population control; (xi) buying alcohol on a Sunday in many places; (xii) use of condoms and other contraceptives; (xiii) embryonic stem cell research; (xiv) little 10 year - old boys joining organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America, regardless of the religious views of their parents; and (xv) gays being allowed to serve openly in the military.

Sullivan went on to suggest that Chaput is using a double standard in the 2008 election by criticizing Catholic supporters of Barack Obama, while turning a blind eye to John McCain's support for embryonic stem cell research.

It has brought healing, conveniences, communications, and knowledge unimaginable in earlier times, but on the other hand it has brought advanced killing technology, pollution, and embryonic stem cell research.

In August of last year, President Bush approved the use of federal funds to support research on a limited number of existing human embryonic stem cell lines.

But on the same day, he also revoked the very kind of policy that promoted the «purple» governance he claimed to want, e.g., Bush's directive that funding priority be given to funding non embryonic — and hence, societally uniting sources of pluripotent stem cells — even though they had already been discovered in the induced pluripotent stem cell breakthrough.

Unfortunately, at this formative stage in their lives one viewpoint is pushed to the fore on campus, and that's the opinion that euthanasia, abortion, embryonic stem cell research and a host of other practices which strip humans of their most fundamental right are good things.

The isolation of embryonic stem cells by Dr. James Thomson in 1998 put the issue of stem cell research on the map.

Geron was bigger and better funded than ACT, and it was the first company to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to test a therapy in humans based on embryonic stem (ES) cells.

In granting an injunction to two scientists who oppose widening US government funding for research on human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), Judge Royce Lamberth wrote of «simply preserving the status quo».

In March, advocate general Yves Bot issued a preliminary judgment limiting patents involving embryonic stem cells, on the basis that they «would be contrary to ethics and public policy» (see «European Court of Justice rejects stem - cell patents»).

In the United Kingdom, research on embryonic stem cells is legal in the first 2 weeks of their developmenIn the United Kingdom, research on embryonic stem cells is legal in the first 2 weeks of their developmenin the first 2 weeks of their development.

The creation of the Centre of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona (CMRB) reflects «a change in the Spanish public policy regarding derivation and use of human embryonic stem cells (HESC), based on a progressive evolution of the public awareness and sensibility of the Spanish [citizenry],» says CMRB Director Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte in an e-mail.

Researchers called them induced pluripotent cells, which are created by enticing cells to turn on genes normally found in embryonic stem cells.

Future research should not only compare how embryonic stem cells, iPS cells and adult stem cells differentiate, but focus on what effects the niche in which these cells will reside, when transplanted, will have on their characteristics, including tendencies to mutate into cancer cells, notes cell and stem cell biologist Olga Genbacev at the University of California, San Francisco, (U.C.S.F.) School of Medicine.

But just how close adult and reprogrammed stem cells can come to matching the capabilities of embryonic stem cells has become a contentious question in the debate over whether the federal government should continue funding research on embryonic lines.

This is in stark contrast to much previous work, which has focused on human embryonic stem cells, or hESCs.

In the past year, the South Korean Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the world's first three stem - cell treatments — Hearticellgram - AMI, Cupistem and Cartistem — which followed on the heels of clinical tests for human embryonic stem - cell therapies approved in 2010, according to the health ministrIn the past year, the South Korean Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the world's first three stem - cell treatments — Hearticellgram - AMI, Cupistem and Cartistem — which followed on the heels of clinical tests for human embryonic stem - cell therapies approved in 2010, according to the health ministrin 2010, according to the health ministry.

«Australia has cutting edge capabilities in stem cell research and is home to world - class scientists who undertake research and development on embryonic and adult stem cells under a clear and transparent national legislative framework,» Livesey explains.

Because burgeoning teeth depend on information from the budding embryonic jaw, work toward generating replacement teeth from dental stem cells focuses on growing them in the desired location in the recipient's mouth — but scientists are not yet sure the adult jaw can provide the necessary signals to shape made - to - order teeth.

Further investigation, says Resar, showed that these unusual properties arise from the ability of HMGA1 to turn on several genes involved in the Wnt pathway, a network of proteins necessary for embryonic development and stem cell activity.

ACT, which has almost gone under several times in recent years, may now be on the verge of conducting the nation's first trial of an embryonic stem cell therapy, says Chief Scientific Officer Robert Lanza.

On the other hand, the problem is, you know, with embryonic stem cells, they haven't been able to get stem cell lines from livestock animals that can proliferate in that way, without just sort of veering up in their own direction and turning into, instead of muscle, turning into brain tissue or bone tissue or something else.

The final guidelines on research with human embryonic stem cells issued on Monday by the National Institutes of Health set out criteria for determining which ES cell lines can be used in federally funded experiments and give NIH discretion to approve old lines that don't meet stringent modern ethical requirements.

Lamberth granted a preliminary injunction on this research after hearing a petition from a group of advocates who argued that, contrary to the U.S. government's view, research on embryonic stem cells does in fact destroy embryos — action that is prohibited by legislation known as the «Dickey - Wicker Amendment» to the bill that funds the Department of Health and Human Services.

While conservatives in Congress took turns echoing George W. Bush's opposition to destroying human embryos for research, Lensch's colleague Paul Lerou stepped into a small room behind a heavy black curtain to check up on a line of nonpresidential embryonic stem cells.

We should not only question the construct of the «ethics of curing,» as I will show, but we also need to look critically at reservations toward research on embryonic stem cells as they are expressed in our society.

When Kaufman, Zon and colleagues looked to see what was different about these early cancer cells, they found that crestin and the other activated genes are the same ones turned on during zebrafish embryonic development — specifically, in the stem cells that give rise to the pigment cells known as melanocytes, within a structure called the neural crest.

In the past few weeks, the debate about genetic research in Germany has focused on the issue of the use of embryonic stem cells for researcIn the past few weeks, the debate about genetic research in Germany has focused on the issue of the use of embryonic stem cells for researcin Germany has focused on the issue of the use of embryonic stem cells for research.

In its white paper on stem cell research published last Thursday, the DFG's senate confirmed its position that the use of adult stem cells has to have priority over embryonic stem cells.

Last May in Nature Neuroscience, his lab and a team at Columbia University reported that embryonic stem cells could be used to shed light on the origins of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the progressive neurodegenerative disease in which motor neurons in the brain die.

In June Italian scientists announced the first human embryonic stem cells derived from parthenotes — embryo - like structures formed when an egg starts to divide on its own, with no sperm involved.

In 2004 Blackburn and ethicist William F. May made headlines when the Bush administration ousted them from the President's Council on Bioethics for their strong public support of human embryonic stem cell research.

- Our results provide new insights into the mechanisms of how POLR3G gene regulates stem cell state, which in turn sheds light on the complex mechanisms with which human embryonic stem cells both self - renew and maintain the ability to differentiate.

In a statement put on the Web this morning, NIH reported that all 64 lines «show characteristics of stem cell morphology» and have undergone several population doublings, and most of them have demonstrated all the protein markers «known to be associated with human embryonic stem cells.»

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is scrambling to push out research grants for work on human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and has given a cautious all - clear to in - house stem cell researchers after an appeals court yesterday temporarily lifted a ban on federal funding for hESC research.

In a response to Friday's decision, NIH spokesperson John Burklow said NIH doesn't set aside fixed amounts of money for studying adult or embryonic stem cells, but instead makes award decisions based on scientific merit and relevance to NIH's priorities.

In the latest twist in an increasingly complex legal struggle, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has appealed a judge's refusal on Tuesday to remove the ban on funding for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) researcIn the latest twist in an increasingly complex legal struggle, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has appealed a judge's refusal on Tuesday to remove the ban on funding for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) researcin an increasingly complex legal struggle, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has appealed a judge's refusal on Tuesday to remove the ban on funding for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research.

As expected, the plaintiffs in a law suit claiming that federally funded research on human embryonic stem cells (hESC) is illegal have appealed a ruling that dealt them a defeat earlier this summer.

Goldman's work builds on previous studies that explored the developmental cues involved in directing an embryonic stem cell to become a functioning neuron.

In March, President Barack Obama lifted Bush's ban on using federal funds for research on human embryonic stem cells derived after August 2001.

Democrat Hillary Clinton vows to end Bush's «assault on science» and has been the most vocal in her support of embryonic stem cell research.

Scientists have suggested that such embryonic stem cells could be used for learning about genetic diseases, testing new drugs on cells grown in the lab, or growing healthy cells for therapeutic transplantation.

But embryonic clones, the source of an endless supply of stem cells imprinted with one's personal DNA, could alter the equation in favor of the patient and augur a paradigm shift in medicine on par with the changes brought about by antibiotics and vaccines.