Xu and his team, which includes researchers from Penn's departments of Dermatology and Biology, as well as the New Jersey Institute of Technology, started
with human skin cells called dermal fibroblasts.
In 2007, along with James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin — Madison, Yamanaka repeated the feat
with human skin cells.
Anand and his colleague Susan McKay started
with human skin cells, which they turned into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) using a tried - and - tested method.
Not exact matches
A clump of
cells with no brain, and no neural tube is no more «a
human life» than
cells from your
skin layer, or a sperm
cell with no change of fertilizing an egg.
Unlike the controversial method of tissue harvesting that requires some
human embryos to be destroyed, the new cloning technique can use a patient's own
skin cells — combined
with an unfertilized
human egg — to create tissue
with a DNA match.
Frankenbunnies Embryos made by Chinese researchers who fused
human skin cells with rabbit eggs, hoping to create a source of stem
cells.
Professor Rudi Beyaert (VIB / UGent): «We found that pharmacological treatment of
human skin cells with drugs that inhibit the activity of MALT1 reduced the production of inflammation promoting proteins caused by mutant variants of CARD14.
A comparison of epidermal equivalents generated from iPSC, hESC and primary
human keratinocytes (
skin cells) from
skin biopsies showed no significant difference in their structural or functional properties compared
with the outermost layer of normal
human skin.
For the purpose of additional experiments, the researchers generated myocardial
cells from embryonic stem
cells and
human skin cells, in collaboration
with the lab headed by Prof Dr Jürgen Hescheler at the University of Cologne.
«Our study shows, for the first time, in
human skin that
with increasing age there is a specific decrease in the activity of a key metabolic enzyme found in the batteries of the
skin cells.
To decipher how
cells perform this recognition task, Tsao and postdoc Steven Le Chang generated 2,000
human mug shots
with variations in 50 features, including facial roundness, distance between the eyes, and
skin tone and texture.
«We culture typical
skin cell of the epidermis, such as
human keratinocytes, in our dishes to form an artificial epidermis
with all of its natural layers,» explained Sibylle Thude, the biologist who led the investigation into the accreditation.
For the first time, scientists at Newcastle University, UK, have identified that the activity of a key metabolic enzyme found in the batteries of
human skin cells declines
with age.
It was found that complex II activity significantly declined
with age, per unit of mitochondria, in the
cells derived from the lower rather than the upper levels, an observation not previously reported for
human skin.
Dieter Egli and Scott Noggle of the New York Stem
Cell Foundation Laboratory in New York City and colleagues fused
skin cells with unfertilised
human eggs.
The health of the
human vagina depends on a symbiotic / mutually beneficial relationship
with «good» bacteria that live on its surface feeding on products produced by vaginal
skin cells.
The researchers also cultured
human skin cells and blood
cells with the two compounds to test their toxicity.
But this process — even when taking
skin cells from an older
human — doesn't guarantee stem
cells with «older» properties.
The swirling dislodged particles travel upward
with the
human convection plume, or currents of warmed air that rise around any
human body, then get swept into a filter that takes out contaminants like dust, lint, and
skin cells.
Human skin may behave the same way, which could open the door for new ways to boost blood
cell levels for athletes seeking to gain an edge or patients
with anemia.
Desmond Tobin, a
cell biologist at the University of Bradford in the U.K., says that the findings, together
with a recent study that found that EPO and HIF - 1α levels increase in
human hair under low - oxygen conditions, support the notion that
human skin responds to oxygen.
MCC is associated
with a virus, the Merkel
cell polyomavirus, which is quite common, often found on normal
human skin and surfaces that are frequently touched, Dr. Nghiem says.
In this new study, the scientists mimicked
human tissue formation by starting
with stem
cells genetically reprogrammed from adult
skin tissue to form small chambers
with beating
human heart
cells.
Humans with porphyria overproduce porphyrins, which poison their
skin cells, making them pale and extremely sensitive to light.
«We used
human skin cells that we obtained from patients affected
with ALS and converted them into neurons via a technology called induced pluripotent stem
cell production,» she explains.
Among the areas where the researchers have seen intriguing dissimilarities between
humans and gorillas are in genes associated
with sensory perception, keratin (a
skin protein) production, insulin regulation, immunity, reproduction and
cell signaling.
Human - associated bacteria disperse into and throughout the built environment by three primary mechanisms: (1) direct human contact with indoor surfaces; (2) bioaerosol particle emission from our breath, clothes, skin and hair; and (3) resuspension of indoor dust containing previously shed human skin cells, hair and other bacteria - laden parti
Human - associated bacteria disperse into and throughout the built environment by three primary mechanisms: (1) direct
human contact with indoor surfaces; (2) bioaerosol particle emission from our breath, clothes, skin and hair; and (3) resuspension of indoor dust containing previously shed human skin cells, hair and other bacteria - laden parti
human contact
with indoor surfaces; (2) bioaerosol particle emission from our breath, clothes,
skin and hair; and (3) resuspension of indoor dust containing previously shed
human skin cells, hair and other bacteria - laden parti
human skin cells, hair and other bacteria - laden particles.
US scientists have successfully generated hypothalamic - like neurons from
human induced pluripotent stem
cells (hiPSCs) taken from the blood and
skin cells of super-obese individuals and people
with a normal body weight.
Reykjavik, ICELAND, 25 September 2011 — Scientists at deCODE Genetics and academic collaborators from Iceland, The Netherlands, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, the USA, the UK and Romania today report the discovery of a variant in the sequence of the
human genome associated
with risk of developing basal
cell carcinoma of the
skin (BCC), as well as prostate cancer and glioma, the most serious form of brain cancer.
In this new study, the scientists mimicked
human tissue formation by starting
with stem
cells genetically reprogrammed from adult
skin tissue to small chambers
with beating
human heart
cells.
Humans obviously regenerate some
cell types very well, such as
skin, muscle and liver
cells, but almost not at all in
cells of the nervous system or
with any complex tissue systems.
«
Human neurons — derived from reengineered skin cells — could help assess the efficacy and safety of these drugs, thereby reducing risks and resources associated with human trials.&r
Human neurons — derived from reengineered
skin cells — could help assess the efficacy and safety of these drugs, thereby reducing risks and resources associated
with human trials.&r
human trials.»
Human iPS
cells were created from
skin cells by direct delivery of proteins, thus eliminating the harmful risks associated
with genetic manipulation.
IgG and IgA
with potential microbial - binding activity are expressed by normal
human skin epidermal
cells.
Two teams independently discover a way to turn ordinary
human skins cells into stem
cells with the same characteristics as those derived from
human embryos, a breakthrough that could open the door for advanced medical therapies.
Two teams of scientists have independently discovered a way to turn ordinary
human skin cells into stem
cells with the same characteristics as those derived from
human embryos, a breakthrough that could open the door for advanced medical therapies.
The nucleus of the cow egg is removed and replaced
with the nucleus of the
human skin cell.
Multipotent stem
cells with neural crest - like properties have been identified by our lab and others in the dermis of
human skin.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — June 28, 2012 — Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes and an international team of researchers have generated a
human model of Huntington's disease — directly from the
skin cells of patients
with the disease.
Even cooler, scientists are now able to «reprogram»
human skin cells from patients
with neurological disorders and grow them into brain
cells [source: Kavli Foundation].
By reprogramming
human skin cells and other
cells from patients
with neurologic and psychiatric diseases into induced pluripotent stem
cells (iPSCs) and induced neurons (iN), his work seeks to decipher the progression and mechanisms that lead to brain
cell dysfunction.
The method works
with either
human embryonic stem
cells or induced pluripotent stem
cells (iPS
cells), which are derived from
skin cells.
Sulfur is the third most abundant mineral in the
human body, present in every
cell,
with its greatest concentration in hair,
skin and nails.
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Animal
skin comes together
with wax, resin, cloth and rope to create mutilated
human and animal shapes, as if stem
cells have gone off on horrible tangents, reproducing unspeakable forms of flesh.