Sentences with phrase «transform embryonic tissue»

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A team of researchers from DuPont added so - called morphogenic genes — known from basic research to promote the production of embryonic tissue — to the other genes being transformed (in this case to express green fluorescent protein as a marker of transformation).

When normal cells are transformed into cancer cells, this epithelial tissue can take on the characteristics of embryonic tissue, known as mesenchymal tissue, which is comprised of unspecialized cells that will develop, as the embryo matures, into more specialized tissues.

The new cells, which Yamanaka called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, looked and behaved like embryonic stem cells, which are prized for their ability to transform themselves into almost any kind of tissue and, perhaps, someday cure disease — a more distinct possibility now that President Barack Obama has loosened restrictions on stem cell research.

Unlike embryonic stem cells, which are developmental blank slates that can generate virtually all types of cells found in adult humans, adult stem cells are thought to possess limited potential to transform into cells found in their tissues of origin.

These genes normally guide embryonic heart development; however, in the adult mice hearts, they helped transform non-beating cells that form scar tissue into beating heart muscle cells.