Sentences with phrase «turn into specific cell types»
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The most common type of skin lymphoma is caused by the fact that specific immune cells — CD4 - T - lymphocyttes — turn into cancer cells.
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«Use of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology» — which involves taking skin cells from patients and reprogramming them into embryonic - like stem cells capable of turning into other specific cell types relevant for studying a particular disease — «makes it possible to model dementias that affect people later in life,» says senior study author Catherine Verfaillie of KU Leuven.
To overcome these hurdles, Bhatia and her team reprogrammed human skin cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)-- embryonic - like stem cells capable of turning into other specific cell types relevant for studying a particular disease.