Archive for April, 2008

30th Apr 2008

UCLA researchers induce mice cells to mimic embryonic stem cells (Local Tech Wire)

Durham, N.C. — Researchers at UCLA have induced skin cells from mice to differentiate into cardiovascular and blood cells, according to a new study published in the journal Stem Cells.

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30th Apr 2008

New type of stem cells coaxed into heart tissue (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

A new type of powerful stem cell made from ordinary skin cells has been coaxed into becoming three different types of heart and blood cells in mice, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.

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30th Apr 2008

Stem cells coaxed into heart tissue (Adelaide Now)

A NEW type of powerful stem cell made from ordinary skin cells has been coaxed into becoming three different types of heart and blood cells in mice, US researchers reported today.

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30th Apr 2008

Mouse Skin Cells Reprogrammed to Act Like Embryonic Stem Cells (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

WEDNESDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) — Functioning cardiac cells have been created from mouse skin cells reprogrammed to have the same unlimited differentiation characteristics of embryonic stem cells, say researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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30th Apr 2008

Mouse Adult Stem Cells Developed into Heart and Blood Cells (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Researchers have succeeded in inducing stem cells grown from mouse skin cells to differentiate into functioning cardiovascular and blood cells, according to a study publishing online tomorrow in the journal “Stem Cells.”

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30th Apr 2008

UCLA stem cell researchers create heart and blood cells from reprogrammed skin cells (EurekAlert!)

Stem cell researchers at UCLA were able to grow functioning cardiac cells using mouse skin cells that had been reprogrammed into cells with the same unlimited properties as embryonic stem cells.

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30th Apr 2008

New type of stem cells coaxed into heart tissue

They said they had made heart and blood cells from so-called induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells — which are transformed skin cells that mimic the powers of embryonic stem cells. They said their finding, published in the …

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30th Apr 2008

Mouse Skin Cells Reprogrammed to Act Like Embryonic Stem Cells …

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) — Functioning cardiac cells have been created from mouse skin cells reprogrammed to have the same unlimited differentiation characteristics of embryonic stem cells, say researchers at …

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30th Apr 2008

Skinning Cells

Embryonic stem cells are the mother of all body cells. They are not specialized cells, and can undergo division for a long period. And, under the right circumstances, these cells can evolve into specific organs, such as heart muscles, …

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30th Apr 2008

UCLA stem cell researchers create heart and blood cells from …

Stem cell researchers at UCLA were able to grow functioning cardiac cells using mouse skin cells that had been reprogrammed into cells with the same unlimited properties as embryonic stem cells.

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