skywizard
31st January 2014, 22:45
Scientists have found a new way of creating stem cells, which are cells that have the ability to turn into any type of tissue, using mouse cells.
If the method works for human cells, it could ultimately be used to create tissue for people who need organ transplants, and to study diseases such as cancer.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1aqor6_a-new-method-for-making-stem-cells_news
The new method involves exposing cells taken from a mouse spleen to an acidic environment. After doing this, the scientists found they had created cells that were "pluripotent" — capable of turning into most types of cells in the body, including those found in the lungs, muscle, bone, blood, skin or nervous system. The researchers called the stem cells they made "STAP cells" (an abbreviation for stimulus-triggeredacquisition of pluripotency).
If the findings are replicated, "this result has the potential to be very significant," said Linzhao Cheng, a professor of medicine and oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, who was not involved in the research.
Read Full Story: http://www.livescience.com/42926-new-method-for-making-stem-cells.html
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skywizard
If the method works for human cells, it could ultimately be used to create tissue for people who need organ transplants, and to study diseases such as cancer.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1aqor6_a-new-method-for-making-stem-cells_news
The new method involves exposing cells taken from a mouse spleen to an acidic environment. After doing this, the scientists found they had created cells that were "pluripotent" — capable of turning into most types of cells in the body, including those found in the lungs, muscle, bone, blood, skin or nervous system. The researchers called the stem cells they made "STAP cells" (an abbreviation for stimulus-triggeredacquisition of pluripotency).
If the findings are replicated, "this result has the potential to be very significant," said Linzhao Cheng, a professor of medicine and oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, who was not involved in the research.
Read Full Story: http://www.livescience.com/42926-new-method-for-making-stem-cells.html
peace...
skywizard