Sentences with phrase «stem cells called»

Special stem cells called pulmonary intravascular macrophages (PIMS) try to ward off the heartworms.

But many other kinds of non-embryonic stem cells have taken the spotlight since then, including artificial embryonic stem cells called induced pluripotent stem cells that can be created directly from patient cells.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - When cut, a planarian flatworm can use a population of stem cells called neoblasts to regenerate new heads, new tails or even entire new organisms from a tiny fragment of its body.

One reason for the modifications is to provide guidance on the derivation and use of new stem cells called «induced pluripotent cells.»

In rodents and humans, the developing cortex contains a layer of neural stem cells called radial glial cells that resides near the fluid - filled ventricles and produces cells that are precursors to neurons.

They are produced during development from stem cells called glial progenitors.

Sasai was co-author on two papers that claimed to produce embryonic stem cells called STAP from adult cells using acid.

RIKEN launched an investigation after claims of image manipulation and plagiarism surfaced regarding a research article and a letter published online in Nature on 29 January that described a new, simple way of creating stem cells called STAP, for stimulus - triggered acquisition of pluripotency.

Brain neurons are generated from stem cells called basal progenitors that are able to proliferate in humans, but not in mice.

Sasai was a co-author on two research papers that claimed to produce embryonic stem cells called STAP from adult cells using acid.

A team from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Long Island, N.Y., reports that it staved off full - blown metastasis in mice by preventing mini-tumors in the lungs from recruiting stem cells called endothelial progenitors, which assemble into blood vessels to nourish the malignancy.

Neural stem cells called outer radial glial (oRG) cells help fuel the expansion of the unusually big human brain.

Controversy continues to swirl around two recent papers reporting that simply stressing adult cells could turn them into powerful stem cells called STAP cells.

«These progenitor cells resemble adult muscle stem cells called «satellite cells» that can theoretically grow an entire muscle starting from a single cell.»

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.

Some scientists had claimed that the lymphatic system was derived from specialized stem cells called angioblasts, whereas others had argued that it originated by the differentiation of pre-existing embryonic veins.

It's blood in a newborn baby's umbilical cord that's rich in a type of stem cell called hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs).

The team used a type of stem cell called induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPSCs.

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.

This was the first time a type of stem cell called iPSCs — which possess the ability to change into any cell type in the body — was used in a procedure like this.

Thirteen days later, Lu was able to harvest a stem cell called an induced neural progenitor.

First, a hair follicle contains epithelial cells — a cell type that lines the body's vessels and cavities — as well as a specific kind of adult stem cell called dermal papillae.

Indeed, in the mutant ferrets, researchers traced the cerebral cortex deficits to a type of stem cell called outer radial glial cells (ORGs).

They reprogrammed adult skin cells from patients with NOTCH1 mutations into a kind of stem cell called induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs).

Jang has conducted research with embryonic stem cells in the past, but she and others are finding great promise in another kind of stem cell called induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells.

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His latest project, undertaken with Bob Hariri, is called Celularity, and it's finding ways to use stem cells from placentas to boost exponentially the body's ability to recover from illness and injury.

A few weeks ago we all heard the announcement of a major scientific breakthrough that allowed scientists to create the equivalent of human embryonic stem cells (called induced pluripotent stem cells) but without using or destroying embryos.

I mean, if god wants him to live he wouldn't have given him cancer in the first place but lets just say he contr.acted can.cer on his own but was called upon god to do these good dee.ds but needed more time, now what if the only way he could survi.ve was from stem cell res.earch?

Examples are 9/11 hijackings, The holding back of stem cell research that could save countless human lives, Aids being spread due to religious opposition to the use of condoms, Christians legally fighting this year to teach over 1 million young girls in America that they must always be obedient to men, the eroding of child protection laws in America by Christians, for so called faith based healing alternatives that place children's health and safety at risk, burning of witches, the crusades, The Nazi belief that the Aryans were god's chosen to rule the world, etc... But who cares about evidence in the real world when we have our imaginations and delusions about gods with no evidence of them existing.

We referred to the news that these cells, called induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), could be made from human skin....

Interestingly, none of the opponents of embryonic stem cell research have called for research programs that might increase the odds of embryo survival.

Cauliflower is full of sulfur compounds called glucosinolates such as the powerful sulforaphane and isothiocyanates which have been studied to be very effective for phase II liver detoxification and as cancer stem cell neutralizing agents.

Cord blood can now be stored, which gives families access to life - saving stem cells - this is called cord blood banking.

«Because of Kirk's record on stem cells and stopping British Petroleum's pollution of Lake Michigan, he's called «independent» and «effective,» the ad says.

From the embryonic stem cells, the researchers produced a type of tissue called retinal pigment epithelium (RPE).

It has been known for quite some time that NPM1mut AMLs are associated with the activation of the so - called homeobox (HOX) stem cell genes.

The idea fell out of favour following the scandal of 2005, and after the development of a way to turn ordinary skin cells into so - called induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells), which behave rather like hESCs.

An in - depth genetic analysis, performed with the participation of graduate students Tal Lupo and Lihee Asaf, pointed to a gene called WNT5B, which was revealed to be the factor prompting stem cells to differentiate into lymphatic cells.

For example, a consortium of research groups called the London Project to Cure Blindness aims to test RPE transplants from embryonic stem cells in patients with macular degeneration this year.

Cells called melanocytes produce the pigments that colour hair and their numbers are kept topped up by stem cCells called melanocytes produce the pigments that colour hair and their numbers are kept topped up by stem cellscells.

One of the molecular mysteries hindering development of regenerative therapy for muscles is uncovering the precise genetic and molecular processes that cause skeletal muscle stem cells (called myoblasts) to fuse and form the striated muscle fibers that allow movement.

A third approach, called follicular neogenesis, would allow doctors to remove, multiply and then reimplant the stem cells found inside a person's hair follicles.

The stem cells are a particular type, called hematopoietic stem cells, that make blood cells.

Many scientists believe that targeting a type of cell called a cancer stem cell may be necessary to completely cure lung cancer.

Specifically, they use a technique called lineage tracing to mark stem cells and follow the fate of their progeny over time.

Cancer stem cells can reproduce themselves through a process called self - renewal and sustain the growth of a tumor.

Oliver Brüstle, director of the Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology at the University of Bonn, Germany, who had a patent on a method for generating neurons from human embryonic stem cells rejected by the court, called the ruling «the worst possible outcome», and «a disaster for Europe».

Advanced Cell Technology, based in Santa Monica California, is developing embryonic stem cell therapies for macular degeneration and other conditions using cells obtained non-destructively from an early embryo called a blastocCell Technology, based in Santa Monica California, is developing embryonic stem cell therapies for macular degeneration and other conditions using cells obtained non-destructively from an early embryo called a blastoccell therapies for macular degeneration and other conditions using cells obtained non-destructively from an early embryo called a blastocyst.

The elusive e-mailers, who claim to be part of a group called the Stem Cell Research Watch Group, responded to an e-mail from Science saying that they are «a group of students majoring in biology and often discuss papers that are taught in class.»

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