Sentences with phrase «promising type of stem cells»

In 1995, Congress banned federal funding for destructive research into human embryos — the source of the most promising type of stem cells.

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The therapeutic use of stem cells is a promising area of medicine for the decades ahead and researchers are examining why stem cells function in certain types of niches, microenvironments, and pockets of activity.

The therapeutic promise of stem cell research rests on using pluripotent stem cells, which can be grown into many of the types of cells found in the human body.

Researchers have demonstrated that the enzymatic activity of R5 receptor - type protein tyrosine phosphatases is a requisite for the maintenance of stem cell properties and tumorigenicity in glioblastoma cells and could be a promising drug target for treatment.

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.

But even before the cash spigot opens, the government may close it — or even try to limit research on human embryonic stem cells, the more promising and controversial type of stem cell.

Embryonic stem cells — «pluripotent» cells that can develop into any type of cell in the human body — hold tremendous promise for regenerative medicine, in which damaged organs and tissues can be replaced or repaired.