Sentences with phrase «other human stem»

The human version of the cells, called region - selective pluripotent stem cells, or rsPSCs, can also grow inside a mouse, something other human stem cells can't do, says Jun Wu, a research associate involved in the work, published in May in Nature.

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Panoskaltsis - Mortari's team has been working on rebuilding lungs and other parts of the respiratory system using human stem cells.

We can assume that all the Justices sitting on the Court today, like other humans, have their own preferences and biases about religion, but the judicial opinions of one of them, Justice John Paul Stevens, raise more than a slight suspicion that some of his actions on the bench stem from animosity, if not to animal sacrifice, at least to certain less exotic religious beliefs and practices.

«Motivated in large part by their religious traditions of protecting the vulnerable and serving «the least of these,» as Jesus instructed his followers to do in the Gospel of Matthew,» writes Eric Marrapodi, «World Relief and other Christian agencies like the Salvation Army are stepping up efforts and working with law enforcement to stem the flow of human trafficking, which includes sex trafficking and labor trafficking.»

The porous self stems from the social imaginary of an enchanted world; its primary trait is an openness toward the world as a causal matrix filled with other humans, spirits, demons, and cosmic forces that produce meaning.

When I reflect on the infinite pains to which the human mind and heart will go in order to protect itself from the full impact of reality, when I recall the mordant analyses of religious belief which stem from the works of Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud and, furthermore, recognize the truth of so much of what these critics of religion have had to say, when I engage in a philosophical critique of the language of theology and am constrained to admit that it is a continual attempt to say what can not properly be said and am thereby led to wonder whether its claim to cognition can possibly be valid — when I ask these questions of myself and others like them (as I can not help asking and, what is more, feel obliged to ask), is not the conclusion forced upon me that my faith is a delusion?

In both cases individual members may exercise some dominance over others, in particular by altering the patterns guiding further growth and development, but the social coordination stems from basic patterns embodied in the genetic makeup of the plant cells and in the laws and traditions of human culture.

The increasing use of in - vitro - fertilisation techniques, and the emergence of new possibilities involving human cloning, mixing of human and animal genetic elements, and the use of embryonic stem cells for research, among other things, brought the need for further teaching.

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.

Stem cells can transform into any other human cells, so they have immense potential for generating all sorts of adult cells and thus can be used in research concerning human degenerative (and other) diseases.

Stem cells have also been identified in human milk, and have the potential to differentiate into mammary epithelial lineages under mammary differentiation conditions in vitro, as well as other cell types in corresponding microenvironments, including bone cells, brain cells, liver cells, pancreatic beta cells and heart cells.

The Human Rights Activist maintained that the State PCRC was ready to give needed support and cooperation to the State Police Command by serving as helping hands in stemming the tide of insecurity and other forms of illegality.

Under a 2015 moratorium, the National Institutes of Health does not fund research that transplants human stem cells into early embryos of other animals.

Within the last three to five million years, after human and other ape lineages diverged from the hominid stem - line, the human line produced a variety of human species.

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.

Stem cells from breast milk can grow into many other kinds of human tissue, raising hopes of an ethical source of embryonic - like stem cStem cells from breast milk can grow into many other kinds of human tissue, raising hopes of an ethical source of embryonic - like stem cstem cells

Currently, Deng's laboratory is conducting additional preclinical studies using the human - derived stem cells from Down syndrome patients and mouse models to determine whether cellular and behavioral abnormalities can be improved with minocycline therapy and other candidate drugs.

We don't need to use a cocktail of small molecules, growth factors or other supplements to create a population of bone cells from human pluripotent stem cells like induced pluripotent stem cells,» Varghese said.

It will take in biomass — the generic term for the leaves, stems and other bits of plants not typically used for food for humans and livestock.

The mice benefited from human stem cells called glial progenitors, immature cells poised to become astrocytes and other glia cells, the supposed support cells of the brain.

What federal oversight should embryonic stem cell research have that other forms of biomedical research, including those involving human subjects, do not already have?

Of course, modern global warming stems from a clear cause — rising levels of CO2 (and other greenhouse gases) from fossil fuel burning, cutting down forests and other human activities.

The completion of the Human Genome Project and recent advances in cloning, stem cells, and other fields have emboldened some scientists to predict that we will soon conquer not only disease but aging itself.

They and others say that the technique should satisfy people who object to stem cell research on the grounds that it harms potential human life.

Ko first cloned the human GT198 gene while a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School, and subsequent studies by her and others have shown it has multiple roles that also include regulating stem cells, cell suicide and turning other genes off and on.

«Even if we can make other cells to look like embryonic stem cells, ES cells allow you to investigate unique aspects of human embryonic development.»

Independently of the technical possibilities, we have to respect the ethical standpoint that the use of embryonic stem cells means the use of human life for other purposes.

As a result of the finding, researchers can also use Mauritian cynomolgus macaques to improve stem cell transplant outcomes for human patients with other blood - related conditions such as leukemia and sickle - cell disease.

But if homologous recombination could be worked out in human (embryonic) stem cells, then cardiomyocytes with mutations in ion channels could be derived, as well as a large number of other very useful disease models of other tissues.

The researchers coaxed white blood cells from humans and other apes into forming stem cells, from which they grew organoids.

The result — the second such finding in the past year — suggests that similar cells from human testicles might have similar powers, paving the way to creating replacement tissue for men who have suffered damage from heart attacks or other injuries and avoiding some of the controversy surrounding embryonic stem cells (ESC).

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.

Among other things, her work has helped illuminate the mechanisms underlying the loss of control over stem cell division, which is regarded as a cause of many human diseases.

«We are in an era where the primary issues are not federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research,» wrote CAMR President Amy Comstock Rick, who is also CEO of the Parkinson's Action Network, in an e-mail to the more than 100 patient advocacy, scientific, and other groups that belong to CAMR.

The transplantation of isolated human hematopoietic stem cells is used in the treatment of anemia, immune deficiencies and other diseases, including cancer.

From hosting a webinar series on the use of specific scientific methods to support human rights research, to the development of teaching materials to integrate human rights into STEM curricula, from assessing the extent to which marginalized populations are represented in STEM fields, to cultivating a human rights interest group within a member organization, there are many ways in which Coalition members can further the mission of the Coalition within their communities, organizations and in collaboration with others.

Adult organisms ranging from fruit flies to humans harbor adult stem cells, some of which renew themselves through cell division while others differentiate into the specialized cells needed to replace worn - out or damaged organs and tissues.

While stem cells — cells that have the potential to differentiate into other types of cells — exist in adult humans, the most useful stem cells are those found in embryos, which are pluripotent, capable of becoming nearly any cell in the body.

All these factors stem from the same problem: most of the incredible cost of human space travel goes into keeping humans alive during the process, leaving little money for other things.

He used adult cells — first in mice, although the technique is now feasible in human cells — to make stem cells that can form a wide range of other cells, essentially turning their cellular clocks back to infancy so they could mature into different adults.

«It is now clear that common risk variants fail to explain the vast majority of genetic heritability for any human disease,» they wrote in an essay, arguing that many of the hundreds of GWAS findings to date «stem from factors other than a true association with disease risk.»

Hochedlinger and others warn that despite the lightning speed at which stem cell science is progressing, until scientists have a sure - fire method for creating ES - like cells, they still need to be able to work with the «gold standard» for pluripotent cells: cells from human embryos.

Ralph Brinster, part of the team at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia that first cultured sperm stem cells in the lab, has written that culturing stem cells from human sperm is not far off — humans and mice, like other mammals, he says, require similar growth factors.

Other potential uses of embryonic stem cells include investigation of early human development, study of genetic disease and as in vitro systems for toxicology testing.

Lipton went on to state, «It will be important to see if HIV / AIDS acts similarly on stem cells for other organs in the human body, as this may impact on the disease process as a whole.»

Stem cell technology has advanced so much that scientists can grow miniature versions of human brains — called organoids, or mini-brains if you want to be cute about it — in the lab, but medical ethicists are concerned about recent developments in this field involving the growth of these tiny brains in other animals.

Patent explosion Meanwhile, science is rapidly advancing in the field of creating induced pluripotent cells, which like human embryonic stem cells can be manipulated to form other cells.

Human pluripotent stem cells from two sources today, one physiological embryonic stem cells «ES» from the embryo, and the other experimental cells «iPS» induced pluripotency by reprogramming genetic somatic cells.

The Mars Society is pleased to announce that it has joined the online Marspedia project started by two other space advocacy groups - The Mars Foundation and The Moon Society - in an effort to build out a great resource for people of all ages to learn more about the planet Mars, promote the human and robotic exploration of the Red Planet and encourage STEM education.

That and other concerns led the National Institutes of Health to announce in 2015 that it would not fund experiments that put human pluripotent stem cells, those with the ability to morph into almost any kind of tissue or organ, into the early embryos of other animals.