News tagged with reprogramming
Not all cellular reprogramming is created equal
Tweaking the levels of factors used during the reprogramming of adult cells into induced pluriopotent stem (iPS) cells greatly affects the quality of the resulting iPS cells, according to Whitehead Institute researchers.
Dec 01, 2011 |
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Seeking superior stem cells: 100-fold increase in efficiency in reprogramming human cells to induced stem cells
Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have today announced a new technique to reprogramme human cells, such as skin cells, into stem cells. Their process increases the efficiency of cell reprogramming by one ...
Oct 10, 2011 |
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Reprogrammed stem cells hit a roadblock
It's a discordant note in the symphony of good news that usually accompanies stem cell research announcements. Stem cells hold enormous promise in regenerative medicine, thanks to their ability to regenerate diseased or damaged ...
Feb 21, 2011 |
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MicroRNA cocktail helps turn skin cells into stem cells
Stem cells are ideal tools to understand disease and develop new treatments; however, they can be difficult to obtain in necessary quantities. In particular, generating induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells can be an arduous ...
Feb 02, 2011 |
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Harvard researchers identify new aspect of cell reprogramming
(PhysOrg.com) -- An interdisciplinary group of leading Harvard geneticists and stem cell researchers has found a new genetic aspect of cell reprogramming that may ultimately help in the fine-tuning of induced ...
Nov 08, 2010 |
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Novel strategy for generating induced pluripotent stem cells for clinical use is safe and efficient
A new technique for reprogramming human adult cells could greatly improve the safety and efficiency of producing patient-specific stem cells for use in a range of therapeutic applications to repair or replace damaged or diseased ...
Apr 15, 2010 |
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New Method Gives Regenerative Medicine a Boost
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bioengineers at UC San Diego have developed a breakthrough method for sequencing-based methylation profiling, which could help fuel personalized regenerative medicine and even lead to more ...
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Engineers develop new way to fuse cells
MIT engineers have developed a new, highly efficient way to pair up cells so they can be fused together into a hybrid cell. The new technique should make it much easier for scientists to study what happens ...
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Jan 04, 2009 |
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Building the right cells
Just after 5 p.m. doors rattle shut and feet begin to shuffle past the narrow lab where Karim Si-Tayeb sits hunched over a microscope, all but invisible to the scientists leaving the Medical College of Wisconsin. Si-Tayeb ...
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