Differentiated cells can be reprogrammed to an embryonic-like state by transfer of nuclear contents into oocytes or by fusion with embryonic stem (ES) cells. Little is known about factors that induce this reprogramming.
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Adult stem cell: Tissue-specific stem cells.A stem cell found in fetal and/or adult tissues that typically generates the type of tissue in which it is found (blood stem cells make blood, neural stem cells make neurons, and so forth).
There are several ways adult stem cells can be isolated such as harvesting from the body itself, amniotic fluid, from embryonic stem cells, and from other adult
Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are stem cells derived from the undifferentiated inner mass cells of a human embryo. Embryonic stem cells are pluripotent, meaning they are able to grow (i.e. differentiate) into all derivatives of the three primary germ layers: ectoderm, endoderm and mesoderm.
Potency specifies the differentiation potential (the potential to differentiate into different cell types) of the stem cell.. Totipotent (a.k.a. omnipotent) stem cells can differentiate into embryonic and extraembryonic cell types.
Differentiated cells can be reprogrammed to an embryonic-like state by transfer of nuclear contents into oocytes or by fusion with embryonic stem (ES) cells.
While some researchers still claim that embryonic stem cells (ESCs) offer the best hope for treating many debilitating diseases, there is now a …
Embryonic stem cells are isolated from cells in a blastocyst, a very early stage embryo. Once isolated from the blastocyst, these cells form colonies in culture (closely packed groups of cells) and can become cells of the three germ layers, which later make up the adult …
Induced pluripotent stem cells (also known as iPS cells or iPSCs) are a type of pluripotent stem cell that can be generated directly from adult cells. The iPSC technology was pioneered by Shinya Yamanaka’s lab in Kyoto, Japan, who showed in 2006 that the introduction of four specific genes encoding transcription factors could convert adult
