Sentences with phrase «versatile embryonic cell»

For one thing, if a skin cell can be turned into a far more versatile embryonic cell, then maybe there's a way to turn any specialised cell directly into another.

Not exact matches

Because biologists like Daley are convinced that embryonic stem cells — the most generic, versatile type — may not only lead to dramatically different new treatments but can also uniquely illuminate the origins of disease in a way adult stem cells never will.

Eva Mezey, a stem cell biologist at the National Institutes of Health who published one of the transdifferentiation studies and stands by the effect, notes that embryonic cells are naturally more versatile than adult stem cells.