News tagged with mature cells


Stem cells' 'suspended' state preserved by key step, scientists report

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Scientists have identified a gene that is essential for embryonic stem cells to maintain their all-purpose, pluripotent state. Exploiting the finding may lead to a greater understanding of how cells acquire their specialized ...


'Misreading' of histone code linked to human cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The development of blood from stem cell to fully formed blood cell follows a genetically determined program. When it works properly, blood formation stops when it reaches maturity. But when it doesn’t, genetic ...





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Researchers generate functional neurons from somatic cells

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created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

In a new study, researchers were able to generate functionally mature motor neurons from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, which are engineered from adult somatic cells and can differentiate into most other cell types. ...


Leukemia stem cells have more in common with embryonic stem cells than adult stem cells

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created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research using a mouse model of human leukemia has provided critical insight into the genetic factors related to the generation and maintenance of myeloid leukemia stem cells. The study, published by Cell Press in the February ...


New steps forward in cell reprogramming

New steps forward in cell reprogramming

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have substantially improved the odds of successfully reprogramming differentiated cells into induced ...


Optimal Amount of Germ-Fighting B Cells

Scientists show how body determines optimal amount of germ-fighting B cells

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 04, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine can now explain how the body determines whether there are enough mature B-cells in the blood stream at any one time. These are the cells that ...


Is hepatic differentiation of embryonic stem cells induced by valproic acid and cytokines?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Embryonic stem (ES) cells, known for their capacity to proliferate indefinitely and differentiate into almost all types of cells including hepatocytes, have raised the hope of cellular replacement therapy for liver failure. ...


Deciphering the body's healing secrets

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created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Healthy blood vessels play a key role in the prevention and treatment of diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Endothelial cells line the blood vessels and are critical to the regulation of blood vessel growth ...


Large DNA stretches, not single genes, shut off as cells mature

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Experiments at Johns Hopkins have found that the gradual maturing of embryonic cells into cells as varied as brain, liver and immune system cells is apparently due to the shut off of several genes at once rather than in individual ...


Device protects transplanted pancreatic cells from the immune system

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) and the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) School of Medicine have demonstrated in mice that transplanted pancreatic precursor cells are protected ...


Rearrangements of multifunctional genes cause cancer in children and young people

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A doctoral thesis presented at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that three genes that lie behind a number of malignant tumour diseases are normally involved in several fundamental processes ...


Stanford scientists turn adult skin cells into muscle and vice versa

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

In a study featured on the cover of the May issue of The FASEB Journal, researchers describe how they are able to reprogram human adult skin cells into other cell types in order to decipher the elusive mechanisms underlying reprog ...



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