Sentences with phrase «properties of embryonic stem cells»

These stem cells are called induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) IPSCs are adult cells that have been genetically reprogrammed to an embryonic stem cell — like state by being forced to express genes and factors important for maintaining the defining properties of embryonic stem cells.

Transformation of somatic cells with a set of embryonic transcription factors produces cells with the pluripotent properties of embryonic stem cells (ESCs).

The results have been organized in an interactive, open - access database with a number of novel features and search tools to promote studies into the biological properties of embryonic stem cells.

The debate might eventually be a moot point, as researchers continue to make convincing headway with induced pluripotent cells, which seem to have all the properties of embryonic stem cells but which are created from adult cells.

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Such a single - step conversion of an adult cell into an embryonic stem cell entirely avoids the question of whether an embryo has been created, since the cell produced by ANT - OAR never exhibits any of the properties of a single - cell embryo.

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.

This gene is also known to help human embryonic stem cells stay flexible enough to become any type of body cell, a property known as pluripotency.

April 2012 - New research: Illuminating embryonic stem cells Collaboration between two EU funded projects «Heroic» and «EuroSyStem», has provided new insights into embryonic stem cells The teams used next generation sequencing technology to examine two key properties of the cells that influence their identity and behaviour: gene expression and gene regulation.

Immunological properties of human embryonic stem cell - derived oligodendrocyte progenitor cells.

Stem cells harvested from amniotic fluid and placental tissue are readily obtainable and have properties of both embryonic and adult stem ceStem cells harvested from amniotic fluid and placental tissue are readily obtainable and have properties of both embryonic and adult stem cestem cells.

The creation of iPSCs began by studying proteins not only uniquely expressed in embryonic stem cells, but proteins known to be functionally important in creating the unique properties of these cells.

«This discovery will advance our understanding of stem cell epigenetics and chromatin structures, provide potential mechanisms on maintaining the hallmark properties of ES cells, and help researchers with the rich source of information to better understand some of the unique features — such as self - renewal and pluripotency — of human embryonic stem cells,» said Ng Huck Hui, Ph.D., senior group leader at GIS and a member of the Singapore team that conducted this research.

This property of HOXB4 can be used to expand embryonic and adult stem cells in vitro and in vivo.