• The MIT Technology Review published on Wednesday a news report about the first-known experiment to create genetically modified human embryos in the United States using a gene-editing tool called CRISPR. (cnn.com)
  • Thus, the clone would be genetically identical to the nucleus donor only if the egg came from the same donor or from her maternal line. (who.int)
  • Beyond this scientific interest, the commercial concern in animal cloning focuses on replicating large numbers of genetically identical animals, especially those derived from a progenitor that has been modified genetically. (who.int)
  • Dolly, the first mammal to be genetically cloned from adult cells, poses for the camera in 1997 at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland. (usf.edu)
  • The lifespan of most cells is genetically determined, but some cell-culturing cells have been "transformed" into immortal cells which will reproduce indefinitely if the optimal conditions are provided. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cloning is the production of living struc-tures genetically identical to their parent struc-ture. (yourarticlelibrary.com)
  • Cells of a clone are identical genetically, morphologically and physiologically. (yourarticlelibrary.com)
  • Cross-species transplantation was possible without the rejection of the human embryonic stem cells by the mice's immune systems because the mice were genetically modified to suppress certain immune responses that would have interfered with transplantation. (citizendium.org)
  • Shoukhrat Mitalipov, director of the Oregon Health & Science University's Center for Embryonic Cell and Gene Therapy, reportedly led the new research. (cnn.com)
  • In 2007, a research team led by Mitalipov announced they created t he first cloned monkey embryo and extracted stem cells from it. (cnn.com)
  • Some prohibit only cloning for reproductive purposes and allow the creation of cloned human embryos for research, whereas others prohibit the creation of cloned embryos for any purpose. (who.int)
  • Although many species produce clonal offspring in this fashion, Dolly, the lamb born in 1996 at a research institute in Scotland, was the first asexually produced mammalian clone. (who.int)
  • Somatic-cell nuclear transfer, the technique by which Dolly was created, was first used 40 years ago in research with tadpoles and frogs. (who.int)
  • A 9 page research paper that presents an overview of stem cell research that looks at possible benefits, but primarily focuses on the issues being debated and the biological realities involved, before arguing a stance regarding US guidelines on this topic, which favors loosening restrictions on this valuable line of research. (echeat.com)
  • I would also add that it is important we do not lose sight of the fact that while in theory embryonic stem cell research holds promise for some hope in treating maladies, nothing has been proven. (christianliferesources.com)
  • The U.S. patents on the cell line at issue, dubbed NT-1, are expected to give a fresh momentum to Hwang who is striving to resume his research on cloned human stem cells, which have great therapeutic potential. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • The South Korean government has established an international stem cell research program with scientists in the United States and Britain. (voanews.com)
  • The collaboration gives U.S. researchers a way to overcome funding restrictions imposed by the Bush administration and participate in stem cell research. (voanews.com)
  • The project, called the World Stem Cell Hub, is headquartered at Seoul National University, where researchers led by Hwang Woo-Suk have been in the vanguard of stem cell research. (voanews.com)
  • According to the English-language newspaper South Korea Herald , the Ministry of Health and Welfare says the new World Stem Cell Hub combines South Korean expertise in stem cell research with broader U.S. and European knowledge of diseases. (voanews.com)
  • U.S. stem cell research has lagged because of Bush administration funding restrictions. (voanews.com)
  • The government, the country's largest source of research grants, provides money only for study on stem cells obtained before August, 2001, when President Bush announced this restriction. (voanews.com)
  • I applaud what they are doing, but I regret that the United States is falling farther behind in world leadership in scientific research generally and specifically on stem cell research,' said Mr. Specter. (voanews.com)
  • News reports quote South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun as saying that his government will try to resolve the ethical issues surrounding stem cell research so that the scientists can continue their work. (voanews.com)
  • They were optimistic based on the research carried out into human genetics. (irfi.org)
  • The researchers also say finding that the gene works in a different way in humans from animals such as rats and mice has raised questions about large areas of medical research. (irfi.org)
  • On April 11, 2003, Washington Post Staff Writer, Rick Weiss, reported 'New research suggests that it may be a lot harder to clone people than to clone other animals, an unexpected scientific twist that could influence the escalating congressional debate over human cloning and embryo research. (irfi.org)
  • But opponents of human embryo research were afraid that the new research not only identifies previously unrecognized hurdles to human cloning, but also points the way to overcoming those hurdles. (irfi.org)
  • American feminists and women's health activists are debating on the difficult issue of human cloning and stem cell research. (boloji.com)
  • The bill also applies Federal ethical regulations on human subject research and outlaws the transfer of cloned embryos to a woman's uterus or to any artificial womb. (boloji.com)
  • However, the Senate bill does allow for therapeutic cloning, known as 'nuclear transplantation', for research on therapies that could cure several serious and life-threatening diseases. (boloji.com)
  • The Society for Women's Health Research, a non-profit group, agrees that therapeutic cloning should be allowed. (boloji.com)
  • At the same time, the statement calls for a five-year moratorium on the use of cloning to create human embryos for research purposes. (boloji.com)
  • While supporting research that would help to determine whether stem cells have therapeutic effects, they point out that those adult stem cells, umbilical cord stem cells, and embryonic stem cells not derived from embryos created for research can be used. (boloji.com)
  • The cell bank, which cost 2.6 million pounds, is funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC. (progress.org.uk)
  • This paper outlines the debates prompted through a reproduction mechanism involv- by progress in cloning research, with special ing male and female germ cells. (who.int)
  • Christians in particular find it difficult to discuss issues like abortion, cloning, and embryo research without a clear understanding of the essential truths of the pro-life position. (blogspot.com)
  • One of its chief aims is to simplify issues like abortion and embryonic stem cell research. (blogspot.com)
  • 4. Is Embryonic Stem Cell Research Morally Complex? (blogspot.com)
  • Part one helps pro-life Christians simplify debates over abortion and embryonic stem cell research. (blogspot.com)
  • Embryonic stem cell technology is still at a preliminary research stage and announcements about its potential may be premature. (edu.au)
  • Experts from around the world are assessing the difficult issue of the extent to which embryonic stem cell research should be allowed to proceed, and to date there is little international consensus on this matter. (edu.au)
  • How, then, should embryonic stem cell research be regulated in Australia? (edu.au)
  • This issue was considered by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs in its report entitled Human Cloning: Scientific, Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research (hereafter the Andrews Report , after the Chair of the Committee, Mr Kevin Andrews, MP) released in September 2001. (edu.au)
  • In this article we examine embryonic stem cell research and explore the current regulatory framework associated with this research in Australia, with particular reference to the Andrews Report . (edu.au)
  • So when I was recently contacted by an earnest and amiable member of a local school board who was concerned about the questionable manner in which the issue of "stem cell" research - both human embryonic and adult - was presented to the high school students in his district in a currently-used science textbook, I agreed to evaluate that section in the text for him. (lifeissues.net)
  • My edited analysis of the section on "stem cell research" in this science textbook is copied below. (lifeissues.net)
  • In my opinion there is no question but that the scientific information on stem cell research included in this science text book being used in Illinois schools incorporates some inaccurate scientific facts, and seems to be very partial to the use of human embryonic "stem cell" research. (lifeissues.net)
  • No living human beings had to be destroyed to achieve this discovery which is revolutionizing the entire area of stem cell research. (wyomingrighttolife.com)
  • Thomson and Yamanaka were motivated to resolve the ethical concerns surrounding embryonic stem cell research. (wyomingrighttolife.com)
  • Thomson said in 2007 that 'If human embryonic stem cell research does not make you at least a little bit uncomfortable, you have not thought about it enough. (wyomingrighttolife.com)
  • Some have dubbed iPS cells as the 'Holy Grail' of stem cell research because they are patient-specific and have the ability to benefit humanity without the ethical controversy from the loss of human life. (wyomingrighttolife.com)
  • It remains to be seen if scientists will 'cling' to embryonic stem cell research or move to ethical and practical research using iPS cells. (wyomingrighttolife.com)
  • James Thomson, the Wisconsin scientist who isolated the first embryonic stem cell in 1997 and co-discovered iPS cells in 2007, has formed two new research companies. (wyomingrighttolife.com)
  • ON AUG 6 2001 IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT A RESEARCH TEAM WANTS TO MAKE 200 HUMAN CLONES 'I'm really worried that what they're going to do here is make a dead or deformed baby, not a healthy one. (americanholocaust.com)
  • CIRM, California's Stem Cell Agency, was created by the voters of California in 2004 when they overwhelmingly passed Proposition 71, which authorized $3 billion in funding for stem cell research in California. (ca.gov)
  • The agency funds stem cell research at institutions and companies throughout California (as well as institutions and companies outside of the state that conduct a portion of their research in California) with the goal of accelerating treatments to patients with unmet medical needs. (ca.gov)
  • In 2020, California voters approved to continue funding California's Stem Cell Agency through the passage of Proposition 14: The California Stem Cell Research, Treatments, and Cures Initiative of 2020 . (ca.gov)
  • CIRM uses money from bond sales to accelerate the pace of stem cell research in California. (ca.gov)
  • By promoting and encouraging the growth of the stem cell biotechnology sector, the agency is also helping attract the best scientists to the state and establishing California as a global leader in stem cell research. (ca.gov)
  • When CIRM started in 2004, little research space existed where scientists could work with all types of stem cells, particularly embryonic stem cells, and that contained the equipment needed to work with the cells and - most importantly - develop new therapies. (ca.gov)
  • Stem cell scientists were also spread thinly across many research campuses, limiting interactions and slowing the spread of ideas. (ca.gov)
  • I'm determined to do what I can to save other families from this pain, and now science has presented us with a hope called stem cell research. (pharmexec.com)
  • The heat in this discussion was first ignited in 2001, when President Bush limited federally funded embryonic stem cell research to stem cell lines that were already in existence. (pharmexec.com)
  • Since then, demand for access to embryonic stem cell lines has swelled, prompting universities such as Harvard, Stanford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Universities of Wisconsin and Minnesota to use private money to pursue research initiatives. (pharmexec.com)
  • Also in 2001, David Beck, PhD, president of the Camden, New Jersey-based Coriell Institute for Medical Research, which houses the largest repository of cell cultures in the world, made a prescient remark: 'Much of the controversy regarding embryonic stem-cell research will go away, because we're learning so much about stem cell biology. (pharmexec.com)
  • Although Beck says there has been noteworthy progress in embryonic research, he cautions that there are challenges. (pharmexec.com)
  • New research published in Nature Medicine on January 23 highlights yet another challenge: The cell lines currently approved for study under federal funding contain a non-human molecule, the sialic acid Neu5Gc, which elicits an immune response in humans. (pharmexec.com)
  • Meanwhile, adult stem cell research is pushing the science ahead at a steady clip. (pharmexec.com)
  • In April 2004, 204 members of the House of Representatives, including 36 Republicans, signed a letter urging President Bush to rethink the restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, suggesting that hundreds of thousands of embryos stored in in-vitro fertilization (IVF) clinics could be used to advance embryonic stem cell research. (pharmexec.com)
  • Despite the ethical, moral, and political dimensions that currently frame discussions about stem cell research, there are scientists, business professionals, and investors who are solely focused on the scientific promise that one day the most recalcitrant diseases will be addressed by replacing diseased cells with stem cells that can be coaxed into reviving health and functionality. (pharmexec.com)
  • Cell culture techniques were advanced significantly in the 1940s and 1950s to support research in virology . (wikipedia.org)
  • This vaccine was made possible by the cell culture research of John Franklin Enders , Thomas Huckle Weller , and Frederick Chapman Robbins , who were awarded a Nobel Prize for their discovery of a method of growing the virus in monkey kidney cell cultures. (wikipedia.org)
  • Human embryos fertilized in the ordinary manner and harvested in the blastocyst stage have been used as an extensive source of stem cells for research purposes, and have been shown to possess therapeutic value in laboratory animals. (citizendium.org)
  • However, supporters of embryonic stem cell research frequently contend that even the comparison to abortion is inappropriate, since while a several month old fetus might have sufficient neurological development to be conscious in some meaningful sense, a human embryo in the blastocyst stage has so little development that one can safely conclude that it cannot exist as a conscious being. (citizendium.org)
  • Former Head of NIH: Unethical Embryonic Stem Cell Research Prospects Are Diminished Now Because of Already Successful, Ethical Adult Stem Cell & iPSC Treatments and Trials New Administration Rescinds Bush-Era Executive Order That Encouraged Successful Ethical. (physiciansforlife.org)
  • Almost every single life science research journal has published papers relating to microRNAs in different biological processes and it is important to note that these papers address topics such as various cancers, stem cells, embryonic development, biomarkers for different disease areas (especially cancer), and the role of microRNAs as oncogenes or tumour suppressors. (ddw-online.com)
  • The data presented in Figure 2 show that the majority of research efforts are happening in human, followed by mouse models. (ddw-online.com)
  • These data show that the majority of research, as well as many of the tools developed by the various vendors, are designed for studies on human microRNAs, even though many researchers are studying mouse and they are requesting the vendors to produce these research tools. (ddw-online.com)
  • As in many other life science research areas, the studies on model organisms need to be supplemented with research on human cells and this accounts for the trends see in Figure 2. (ddw-online.com)
  • Also driving the use of human cells and microRNAs is the research interest on microRNAs in human cancers. (ddw-online.com)
  • The rule circumvented a 1995 congressional ban on using federal money for biomedical research on embryos outside the womb by allowing researchers to use stem cells extracted by a third party. (christianitytoday.com)
  • Under the rule, a third party could destroy the embryo by taking it apart and preserving the remaining living stem cells for research. (christianitytoday.com)
  • The Family Research Council, Focus on the Family, Concerned Women for America, the National Right to Life Committee and the Catholic Alliance had all stepped up pressure on Bush, arguing that federal funding would condone the destruction of human lives in the name of medical research. (christianitytoday.com)
  • The prolife lobby also received help from Do No Harm, a coalition of researchers, bioethicists, and doctors who spearheaded a nationwide petition urging Bush to oppose destructive human embryonic stem-cell research. (christianitytoday.com)
  • Bush's announcement grieved patients' groups and many in the scientific and medical communities who believe embryonic stem-cell research could provide a cure for millions. (christianitytoday.com)
  • A report published by the nonpartisan Center for Public Integrity (CPI) quoted a National Institutes of Health official who said that "the fledgling stem-cell industry would profit tremendously from federal funding that would cover embryonic stem-cell research. (christianitytoday.com)
  • Biotechnology companies specializing in stem-cell research stand to reap huge financial windfalls from successful therapies developed via this science," said the CPI report. (christianitytoday.com)
  • Then, in February 2004 he dropped a bombshell, claiming that his SNU research team had cloned the first human embryos and extracted stem cells from them. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • Moreover, they can be used independently to research how, for example, diseases attack cells. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • The neo-conservative administration of George W Bush ― an administration with a strongly Christian support base to appease ― banned stem cell research. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • However, regardless of how strongly you support life, you may unknowingly be cooperating in aborted fetal cell research by purchasing products that use aborted fetuses either in the product itself or in its development. (hli.org)
  • To do this, they had to produce an army of never-tiring taste testers - that is, flavor receptors engineered from human embryonic kidney cells (HEK-293, a fetal kidney cell line popular in pharmaceutical research). (hli.org)
  • In a 2012 letter to Children of God for Life, PepsiCo stated that "Senomyx does not use HEK cells or any other tissues or cell lines derived from human embryos or babies for research performed on behalf of PepsiCo. (hli.org)
  • In effect, it shuts down embryonic stem cell research by the back door. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Why is ES cell research so important? (ox.ac.uk)
  • Conservative Europeans have not been able to ban ES cell research but this is their attempt to close it down by the back door by claiming it is industrialization of human life. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Below you can see some examples of the infrastructure for research on genes and cells, available for researchers at Lund University. (lu.se)
  • Human pluripotent stem cells, with their ability to proliferate indefinitely and to differentiate into virtually all cell types of the human body, provide a novel resource to study human development and to implement relevant disease models. (mdpi.com)
  • Here, we employed a human pancreatic differentiation platform complemented with an shRNA screen in human pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) to identify potential drivers of early endoderm and pancreatic development. (mdpi.com)
  • In what is regarded as a major scientific breakthrough, scientists in Wisconsin and Japan reported in late 2007 that they were able to coax ordinary skin cells into becoming pluripotent stem cells -- cells that have the potential to become any cell or tissue in the body. (wyomingrighttolife.com)
  • These new cells are called iPS cells (induced Pluripotent Stem Cells). (wyomingrighttolife.com)
  • And the other technique, which produces " induced pluripotent stem cells ," skips the step that requires a human egg cell, so some people find it less fraught, ethically. (usf.edu)
  • Whilst differentiation of some lineage specific stem cells can be induced with a degree of certainty, a differentiation outcome of a population of pluripotent stem cells is less predictable. (justia.com)
  • Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are capable of unlimited self-renewal and can give rise to all three germ layers, thereby providing a new platform with which to study mammalian development and epigenetic reprogramming. (molcells.org)
  • 1999). Majority of the organs for transplantation are donated from patients in whom brain-stem death has been diagnosed and who are then ventilated to maintain adequate oxygenation and circulation-the so called non-heart-beating donors (NHBDs) (D Allessandro et al . (scialert.net)
  • The induction of a specific differentiated cell type can be useful for transplantation or drug screening and drug discovery in vitro. (justia.com)
  • In particular, the induction of stem cells to differentiate into muscle cells (myocytes) is useful for muscle transplantation and therapeutic purposes, as well as providing potential human disease models in culture (e.g. for testing pharmaceuticals). (justia.com)
  • Most importantly, embryonic stem cells may allow transplantation to be used to treat common diseases like heart attack, Alzheimer's Disease, diabetes, Parkinson's Disease and stroke. (ox.ac.uk)
  • The MIT Technology Review reported that the researchers in Portland, Oregon, edited the DNA of a large number of one-cell embryos, specifically targeting genes associated with inherited diseases in those embryos. (cnn.com)
  • Previously, scientists in China were the first in the world to reveal attempts to modify genes in human embryos using CRISPR. (cnn.com)
  • Scientists were initially interested in somatic-cell nuclear transfer as a means of determining whether genes remain functional even after most of them have been switched off as the cells in a developing organism assume their specialized functions as blood cells, muscle cells, and so forth. (who.int)
  • The fact that the DNA of a fully differentiated (adult) cell could be stimulated to revert to a condition comparable to that of a newly fertilized egg and to repeat the process of embryonic development demonstrates that all the genes in differentiated cells retain their functional capacity, although only a few are active. (who.int)
  • But in many animals other than humans, one of these genes is turned off. (irfi.org)
  • This library would make it easier and faster for researchers to obtain mouse stem cells with specific genes already 'knocked-out' so that they will not need to spend the time. (progress.org.uk)
  • Though we haven't cured cancer, we've learned a lot about basic biology, cells, and genes. (pharmexec.com)
  • He'd like to see a library of cells created with those carefully chosen genes. (usf.edu)
  • The various clones representing all the genes of an organism are called gene library of that organism. (yourarticlelibrary.com)
  • During differentiation the expression of stem cell specific genes and markers are often lost and cells acquire gene expression profiles of somatic cells or their precursors. (justia.com)
  • Generally, when a stem cell culture is induced to differentiate, the differentiated population is analysed for particular cell types by expression of genes, markers or phenotypic analysis. (justia.com)
  • Methods of inducing differentiation in stem cells and muscle cells produced therefrom may be used for the study of cellular and molecular biology of tissue development, for the discovery of genes and proteins such as differentiation factors that play a role in tissue development and regeneration. (justia.com)
  • Below is a non-exhaustive list of in-house infrastructures that are categorized into three overarching themes: bio-imaging, proteins, genes & cells and other resources. (lu.se)
  • In addition to infrastructures for bioimaging, protein and genes & cells, we also provide other resources e.g., databases, networks and specialized labs. (lu.se)
  • Stem cells are the basic, undifferentiated cells in embryos that can develop into any kind of tissue. (voanews.com)
  • As the cell begins to divide, scientists believe stem cells can be extracted and grown into tissue or organs. (boloji.com)
  • One of the greatest controversies triggered tissue, a stem cell encoding for heart tissue by the rapid pace of evolution in biology, will eventually develop into heart tissue particularly in genomics and biotechnology, and so on. (who.int)
  • To date, a lot of EZH2 variants have been found in various cell and tissue types [ 18 - 20 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Cell culture or tissue culture is the process by which cells are grown under controlled conditions, generally outside of their natural environment. (wikipedia.org)
  • After the cells of interest have been isolated from living tissue , they can subsequently be maintained under carefully controlled conditions. (wikipedia.org)
  • Tissue culture commonly refers to the culture of animal cells and tissues, with the more specific term plant tissue culture being used for plants. (wikipedia.org)
  • In practice, the term "cell culture" now refers to the culturing of cells derived from multicellular eukaryotes , especially animal cells, in contrast with other types of culture that also grow cells, such as plant tissue culture , fungal culture, and microbiological culture (of microbes ). (wikipedia.org)
  • The historical development and methods of cell culture are closely interrelated to those of tissue culture and organ culture . (wikipedia.org)
  • The laboratory technique of maintaining live cell lines (a population of cells descended from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup) separated from their original tissue source became more robust in the middle 20th century. (wikipedia.org)
  • [6] In 1885 Wilhelm Roux removed a section of the medullary plate of an embryonic chicken and maintained it in a warm saline solution for several days, establishing the basic principle of tissue culture. (wikipedia.org)
  • [12] He suggested that the potentialities of individual cells via tissue culture as well as that the reciprocal influences of tissues on one another could be determined by this method. (wikipedia.org)
  • Since Haberlandt's original assertions, methods for tissue and cell culture have been realized, leading to significant discoveries in biology and medicine. (wikipedia.org)
  • Plant tissue can be similarly taken in liquid nutrient medium and shaken mechanically when cells separate. (yourarticlelibrary.com)
  • The term stem cell is also used in reference to any adult cells that are capable of assisting in the restoration of adult tissue via self-renewal. (citizendium.org)
  • The use of the pluripotent and/or self-renewing qualities of stem cells is believed to have therapeutic benefits for the regeneration of tissue in humans. (citizendium.org)
  • Such tissue renewal may be accomplished via the use of adult stem cells, or embryonic stem cells, which may be derived from a human embryo in the blastocyst stage. (citizendium.org)
  • Researchers value the cells for their ability to replicate quickly and turn into any kind of human tissue. (christianitytoday.com)
  • Embryonic stem (ES) cells are derived from the embryo and are pluripotent, thus possessing the capability of developing into any organ, cell type or tissue type. (justia.com)
  • XI - embryonic stem cells: embryonic cells that are capable of modifying the cells of any organism tissue. (hinxtongroup.org)
  • It may be possible to engineer tissue from embryonic stem cells so doctors don't need to use these drugs. (ox.ac.uk)
  • It may be possible in the future to embryonic stem cells to produce brain tissue to replace the damaged brain tissue. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Specifically, two new procedures are being reported in an effort to avoid the ethical offense of killing the embryo when extracting stem cells. (christianliferesources.com)
  • Cloning technology, however, is perceived as having the potential for reproductive cloning, which raises serious ethical and moral concerns. (who.int)
  • The ethical and legal controversies that were aroused in the ART debates during the 1980s have been re-ignited with the development of stem cell technology. (edu.au)
  • The report arose out of a recommendation for the Committee to review the report of the Australian Health Ethics Committee (AHEC) of the NHMRC entitled Scientific, Ethical and Regulatory Considerations Relevant to Cloning of Human Beings (hereafter the AHEC Report ). (edu.au)
  • To be certain, the ethical controversy over destruction of human embryos has been minimized, if not completely mitigated, by this discovery. (wyomingrighttolife.com)
  • The Bush policy, which did not allow the use of federal funds to destroy living human embryos, spurred scientists to search for an ethical solution to a promising field. (wyomingrighttolife.com)
  • The fact that Thomson, perhaps the world's leading scientist in this area, is working exclusively with ethical iPS cells in his own companies is a beacon of hope for forging ahead to learn new ways to treat illnesses and conditions without destroying human lives. (wyomingrighttolife.com)
  • Dolly's birth set off a huge outpouring of ethical concern - along with hope that the same techniques, applied to human cells, could be used to treat myriad diseases. (usf.edu)
  • Ethical objections to the use of human embryonic stem cells revolve around the destruction of human embryos in the blastocyst stage to obtain the stem cells. (citizendium.org)
  • Adult stem cells hold great promise in mitigating much of the ethical debate over embryonic stem cell use. (citizendium.org)
  • Elaboration of an international convention against reproductive cloning of human beings has been under consideration in the United Nations since December 2001 when the subject was included in the agenda of the fifty- sixth session as a supplementary agenda item at the request of France and Germany. (who.int)
  • Creating embryonic stem cells and creating human beings for the purpose of destroying them for science crosses that line in my opinion. (voanews.com)
  • While the sun surveys the stars in the lofty sky, human beings remain dust and ashes. (wikiquote.org)
  • Such poor design, human beings. (wikiquote.org)
  • Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. (wikiquote.org)
  • It is clear that so far human beings are not managing their world very well. (wikiquote.org)
  • Human beings have. (wikiquote.org)
  • Can Human beings be Cloned? (irfi.org)
  • Conversely, if the embryos and fetuses in question are not human beings, killing them to extract stem cells or advance your career requires no more justification than pulling your tooth. (blogspot.com)
  • If the unborn are not human beings. (blogspot.com)
  • Human beings would destroy themselves and their planet. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Their 'Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2002' would prohibit human reproductive cloning by imposing significant criminal and civil penalties in the form of fines (at least $1 million) and up to ten years in prison. (boloji.com)
  • Further, cloning advocates are seeking to appropriate the language of reproductive rights and freedom of choice to support their case. (boloji.com)
  • Reproductive cloning versus germ cell (egg, ovum). (who.int)
  • and the general public debate about reproductive cloning. (edu.au)
  • … "human clone" means an embryo that, as a result of the manipulation of human reproductive material or an in vitro embryo, contains a diploid set of chromosomes obtained from a single - living or deceased - human being, fetus, or embryo. (hinxtongroup.org)
  • The stem cells suits human needs, does not cause harm and can be obtained from both adult and fetal does not conflict with religious beliefs, it has tissues, umbilical cord and early embryos. (who.int)
  • These results validated a different transcript in pigs and characterized its expression profile in fetal tissues of different gestation stages, which indicated that EZH2 played important roles during porcine embryonic development. (hindawi.com)
  • In this study, we identified a transcript variant of EZH2 in porcine fetal tissues by cloning and sequencing. (hindawi.com)
  • Stem cells may be derived from adult tissues but the most potent are extracted from developing human embryos. (edu.au)
  • Adult Stem Cells Have "Nose" for Success VA Woman Overcoming Cancer with Adult Stem Cells Researchers in Australia have found adult nasal stem cells that can be extracted and grown easily and that can produce a wide range of specialized tissues… They. (physiciansforlife.org)
  • Although it is expressed broadly, FKBP8 is required to antagonize SHH signaling primarily in neural tissues, suggesting that hedgehog signal transduction is subject to cell-type specific modulation during mammalian development. (silverchair.com)
  • They can be used to replace dead or damaged cells, tissues or organs. (ox.ac.uk)
  • The closely held company hopes to make embryos that are clones, or genetic twins, of patients, then harvest stem cells from those embryos and grow them into replacement tissues. (reflectionsofaparalytic.com)
  • Notch-1, Jagged-1, Jagged-2, and stem cell marker Nanog are expressed in SHED cultured in KGM which may be involved in the differentiation into epithelial-like cells in human dental pulp tissues. (bvsalud.org)
  • Stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth (SHED) are multipotent stem cells derived from the pulp tissues of extracted deciduous teeth 1 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Notch signaling pathway is also involved in the regulation of epithelial cell differentiation in various tissues 5-6 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Our facilities provide the opportunity to study protein structure, molecular probes and drug design, system biology and molecular interactions in cells and tissues. (lu.se)
  • Culturing cells in petri dishes can take a month or more. (pharmexec.com)
  • Religious groups believe that the raw material from which stem cells are sourced are themselves forms of human life, and by creating little chunks of humans in Petri dishes, scientists are, critics believe, playing God. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • 5 January Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania find that a major cause of baldness may be related to the inability of some stem cells to grow into full-sized hair follicles. (wikipedia.org)
  • South Korean researchers would travel regularly to the labs to perform the complex task of creating embryos outside the womb and extracting new stem cell lines American, British, and other scientists could use for experiments on cures. (voanews.com)
  • A team of South Korean researchers have managed to extract embryonic stem (ES) cells from frozen human embryos. (progress.org.uk)
  • The researchers, based at the Maria Infertility Hospital in Seoul, have obtained seven ES cell lines from 20 embryos left over from infertility treatment. (progress.org.uk)
  • One of our earliest rounds of funding went to build lab spaces that could be shared by researchers within the institution and also used to train younger scientists on how to work with stem cells. (ca.gov)
  • In the 18 years since researchers cloned a sheep, scientists have found another way to produce cloned human cell lines. (usf.edu)
  • Researchers have recently described new lines of stem cells derived from amniotic fluid [9] . (citizendium.org)
  • Bush promised in January to review a Clinton administration rule that allowed federal funding for researchers experimenting on embryo cells from fertility clinics. (christianitytoday.com)
  • The groups argue that rather than waste embryos that will be destroyed along with their stem cells, researchers should use them to help save those whose lives are being cut short by disease. (christianitytoday.com)
  • This pic goes well with the news that came out today about researchers in California who claim to have successfully cloned human embryos . (reflectionsofaparalytic.com)
  • Mitochondrial suspensions were delivered into ρ0 fibroblast cells using a mitochondrial transfer tool developed by NanoCav, LLC. (nih.gov)
  • Mouse embryonic fibroblast cells (MEFs) carrying an Oct4-GFP reporter were derived from day 13.5 embryos of the OG2 transgenic mouse strain and were cultured in Fibro Gro Low Serum (F.Gro) medium (Millipore). (molcells.org)
  • Scientists recognized the advantage of having patient-specific cells without having to obtain or create human embryos and destroy them or engage in cloning. (wyomingrighttolife.com)
  • Already, news that Advanced Cell Technology-a Massachusetts-based, privately held biotech company-and Virginia Medical School's Jones Institute had created or planned to create human embryos for the sole purpose of extracting their stem cells has troubled those on both sides of the debate. (christianitytoday.com)
  • Hwang and his lieutenants created NT-1 in 2003 and claimed that it was the world's first stem cell batch extracted from cloned human embryos. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • In addition, Hwang's credence was not completely gone because the world's first cloned dog that was born in 2005 and created by his team proved to be the real deal. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • Even the world's most famous sheep clone, Dolly, who died recently suffered from problems linked to this gene. (irfi.org)
  • The world's first national stem cell bank was opened in the UK yesterday. (progress.org.uk)
  • General Assembly the following year,3 and the World Medical Association's Resolution on Cloning, endorsed in 1997, have confronted the issue but lack binding legal force. (who.int)
  • In the middle of the year 2001 a group of scientists said cloning humans might be easier than cloning animals. (irfi.org)
  • Tra 1-60+ iPSC colonies were picked and re-plated on matrigel coated 12-well plates and maintained in mTeSR 1 (Stemcell Technologies, 85850). (nih.gov)
  • However, iPSC generation may result in subtle epigenetic variations, such as the aberrant methylation of the Dlk1-Dio3 locus, among the clones, and this heterogeneity constitutes a major drawback to harnessing the full potential of iPSCs. (molcells.org)
  • However, iPSC generation is a slow, inefficient process, and not all of the resulting iPSC clones are functionally equivalent. (molcells.org)
  • if it implants and the pregnancy goes to term, the resulting individual will carry the same nuclear genetic material as the donor of the adult somatic cell. (who.int)
  • However, an animal created through this technique would not be a precise genetic copy of the source of its nuclear DNA because each clone derives a small amount of its DNA from the mitochondria of the egg (which lie outside the nucleus) rather than from the donor of cell nucleus. (who.int)
  • Eighteen years ago, scientists in Scotland took the nuclear DNA from the cell of an adult sheep and put it into another sheep's egg cell that had been emptied of its own nucleus. (usf.edu)
  • Writing in the journal Cell Stem Cell , they say they started with nuclear DNA extracted from the skin cells of a middle-age man and injected it into human eggs donated by four women. (usf.edu)
  • DNA is extracted from an organism by breaking its cells, separation of nuclei and rupturing of nuclear envelope. (yourarticlelibrary.com)
  • The most infamous study of embryonic stem cells asserted that cloned human embryos had been created via somatic cell nuclear transfer, and stem cells had been generated from these embryos. (citizendium.org)
  • The authenticity of NT-1 also came under suspicions and some claimed that it was generated via asexual reproduction, not cloning, to further shrink the standing of the former Seoul National University professor. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • Three separate papers were published in scientific journals describing various studies in China on gene editing in human embryos. (cnn.com)
  • Scientists at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina say the reason of all these problems may be one specific gene, which is responsible for controlling the way in which cells grow. (irfi.org)
  • When this gene is not working properly, cells can grow in an uncontrolled way to cause cancer tumors to develop. (irfi.org)
  • Dr John Parrington, a cloning expert at University College London, pointed out that more than one gene behaved in a way that might cause problems in a growing cloned human embryo. (irfi.org)
  • EUCOMM is forecasted to produce 20,000 ' mutant ' mouse stem cells , each with one gene 'knocked-out', and will complement the World Stem Cell Hub. (progress.org.uk)
  • Furthermore, the decreased expression of the EZH2 gene is crucial for stem cell differentiation into specific cell lineages involved in myogenesis, adipogenesis, osteogenesis, neurogenesis, and haematopoiesis [ 9 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Thus, the appropriate expression level of the EZH2 gene is important for embryonic development. (hindawi.com)
  • However, the transcript and expression status of the EZH2 gene during porcine embryonic development remains unknown. (hindawi.com)
  • Cloning is of several types-cell cloning, gene cloning, microbial cloning, plant cloning and animal cloning. (yourarticlelibrary.com)
  • Gene cloning is the formation of multiple copies of the same gene. (yourarticlelibrary.com)
  • From gene library, a clone having a specific gene can be identified and this gene can be multiplied by growing the relevant clone in a culture for study. (yourarticlelibrary.com)
  • Cell engineering through gene editing is fundamentally a two-step bioprocess. (nature.com)
  • thus, Pnn may affect crucial alternative splicing (AS) decisions and, in turn, impact cell-type specific gene expression. (molvis.org)
  • The resulting egg was implanted in the womb of a third sheep, and the result was Dolly, the first clone of a mammal. (usf.edu)
  • Imprints entail the maintenance of germline-derived differential epigenetic marks, mostly in the form of DNA methylation, through to the somatic cells of the offspring. (nature.com)
  • Totipotent cells have the capacity to differentiate to all cell types, including somatic cells, germ cells, and certain cells that exist outside the embryo and are important to fetal development that are termed extraembryonic cells. (citizendium.org)
  • America reportedly has moved ahead in a controversial race to tinker with human DNA - but the scientific feat is shrouded in unanswered questions. (cnn.com)
  • While supporting a ban on the cloning of a human being, the Society believes that the ban should not deter important advancements in scientific technology. (boloji.com)
  • The potential of therapeutic cloning for treating, and perhaps curing, a variety of debilitating diseases demands that the scientific community be allowed to continue this promising work. (boloji.com)
  • My 400-page doctoral dissertation was titled, A Philosophical and Scientific Analysis of the Nature of the Early Human Embryo (Georgetown University 1991). (lifeissues.net)
  • In support of this goal, we have helped fund the building of much-needed scientific facilities, created innovative initiatives such as the Alpha Stem Cell Clinics Network , and developed educational programs that train future stem cell scientists. (ca.gov)
  • Robert Lanza, chief scientific officer at Advanced Cell Technology , says that was an important step, but not ideal for medical purposes. (usf.edu)
  • It's unethical and it's illegal and we hope no one else does it either," said Samuel H. Wood, chief executive of Stemagen in La Jolla, whose skin cells were cloned and who led the study with Andrew J. French, the firm's scientific officer. (reflectionsofaparalytic.com)
  • QUESTION: How is cloning like abortion? (americanholocaust.com)
  • Those who oppose this practice often argue that human life begins from the moment of conception, and that, therefore, destruction of a blastocyst stage embryo is morally equivalent to abortion and infanticide . (citizendium.org)
  • The present invention relates to methods of inducing differentiation of stem cells. (justia.com)
  • Differentiation of stem cells is known be triggered by various growth factors and regulatory molecules. (justia.com)
  • Therefore there remains a need for providing effective methods of inducing differentiation of stem cells into specific cell types, such as myocytes or endothelial cells. (justia.com)
  • During long-term implantation, the zinc ions released from the degradation of ZIF-8 can induce the osteogenic differentiation of stem cells. (bvsalud.org)
  • The problem is that these human embryonic stem cell lines have been grown in such a way that they are contaminated by animal protein and cannot be used for human therapeutic purposes,' Beck explains. (pharmexec.com)
  • The present invention also provides methods of using the differentiated cells of the present invention for therapeutic purposes. (justia.com)
  • Most natural cloning occurs in those species that produce their descendants asexually, that is, without combining the male and female genetic material. (who.int)
  • In therapeutic cloning on the other hand, genetic material from a body cell is inserted into an egg cell, replacing the nucleus. (boloji.com)
  • This mouse egg (top) is being injected with genetic material from an adult cell to ultimately create an embryo - and, eventually, embryonic stem cells. (usf.edu)
  • They repeated the process - this time starting with the genetic material extracted from the skin cells of a much older man. (usf.edu)
  • Does this mean we could clone jesus by making a catholic throw up after transubstantiation, taking a sample of the jesuswafer and inserting any genetic material into an embryonic stem cell? (jesusandmo.net)
  • Scientist Hwang Woo-suk has been granted patents for human embryonic stem cells and the related technology in the United States, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Tuesday. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • The fall from grace of stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk would be as spectacular as his meteoric ascent. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • The decision from the European court of justice is a legal clarification for a court case brought by Greenpeace against a German scientist, Oliver Brüstle , who patented a way to turn stem cells into healthy brain cells. (ox.ac.uk)
  • This procedure remains problematic because human life at this stage of the development is exceptionally fragile, and therefore this cell-extraction procedure is extremely dangerous. (christianliferesources.com)
  • EZH2, a methyltransferase catalyzing H3K27me3, has been abundantly studied in human and mouse embryonic development. (hindawi.com)
  • In the early embryonic development, abnormal expression of EZH2 impaired embryo growth and pluripotency maintenance [ 7 , 8 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • In pigs, several studies have focused on its function in early embryonic development regulation and in SCNT efficiency improvement [ 8 , 14 - 16 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Subsequently, we detected the expression of EZH2 on mRNA level and protein level in two different embryonic development stages (65-dpc and 90-dpc) via qRT-PCR and western blots. (hindawi.com)
  • Our study is aimed at providing information for understanding the biological function of EZH2 in porcine embryonic development. (hindawi.com)
  • Stem cell technology is the latest development in this controversial branch of science. (edu.au)
  • Therefore, the development of a method that allows screening of edited cells and minimizes cell manipulation and hands-on culturing would constitute a significant addition to the current genome engineering toolbox. (nature.com)
  • The process of differentiation in stem cells involves selective development of immature cells to committed and fully mature cells of various lineages. (justia.com)
  • However, the molecular pathways that lead to specification and terminal differentiation of specific cell types, such as myocytes, from embryonic stem cells during development are not entirely clear. (justia.com)
  • … "embryo" means a human organism during the first 56 days of its development following fertilization or creation, excluding any time during which its development has been suspended, and includes any cell derived from such an organism that is used for the purpose of creating a human being. (hinxtongroup.org)
  • The merge does not seem to have stopped the use of aborted fetal cells in development. (hli.org)
  • Development and homeostasis require the coordinate regulation of cell proliferation and differentiation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Loss of FKBP8 causes ectopic and ligand-independent activation of the Shh pathway, leading to expansion of ventral cell fates in the posterior neural tube and suppression of eye development. (silverchair.com)
  • In June 2002, numerous international organizations joined the Collective in issuing a statement on human cloning in which they called on Congress to pass a strong, effective ban on using human cloning to create a human being. (boloji.com)
  • Methods: Total RNA was isolated from PNN knockdown human corneal epithelial (HCET) cells or Pnn-deficient mouse corneas, and subjected to real-time-PCR (RT-PCR) assays, and the alternatively spliced lncRNAs were counted. (molvis.org)
  • Finally, in situ hybridization analyses revealed the presence of RP11-295G20.2 in the nuclei of corneal epithelial cells, but not in the stromal cells of the human cornea, while RP11-322M19.1 was present in epithelial and non-epithelial cells. (molvis.org)
  • SHED has the ability to be differentiated to specific cell lineages such as odontoblasts and osteoblasts as well as epithelial like cells. (bvsalud.org)
  • SHED was able to differentiate into epithelial like cells when cultured in keratinocyte growth medium (KGM) 2 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Since the Notch signaling pathway molecules play an important role in differentiation of epithelial cells, it is important to identify the presence of notch signaling molecules in SHED during the process of cell differentiation. (bvsalud.org)
  • Usually all plants are totipotent but in animals only fertilized egg (zygote) and stem cells in the embryonic blastocyst are totipotent. (yourarticlelibrary.com)
  • The term stem cell is generally used to describe cells that are totipotent , pluripotent , or multipotent . (citizendium.org)
  • This cell then has therapeutic cloning: the global the capacity to divide and grow into an exact replica of the original from whom the debate somatic cell was taken. (who.int)
  • The truth is, both sides bring prior metaphysical commitments to the debate and are asking the same exact question: What makes humans valuable in the first place? (blogspot.com)
  • The report notes that the AAR, which bills itself as the leading citizen advocacy organization for improving the health of older Americans, "also happens to receive funding from private-sector biotechnology companies that have a financial stake in the outcome of the stem-cell debate, including Geron," the for-profit corporation that isolated embryonic stem cells in 1998. (christianitytoday.com)
  • In sexual reproduction, clones are created when a fertilized egg splits to produce identical (monozygous) twins with identical genomes. (who.int)
  • Since then, mice have been important in the study of how human diseases progress, because the mouse and the human genomes are so similar. (progress.org.uk)
  • Placing the cells under conditions which induce specific cell types has been one form of an attempt to regulate the differentiation outcome. (justia.com)
  • culturing a stem cell in the presence of an embryonic cell and/or extracellular medium of an embryonic cell, under conditions that induce differentiation of the stem cell. (justia.com)
  • It involves extracting a cell from an embryo and then stimulating that cell to produce stem cells. (christianliferesources.com)
  • The second procedure involves a hybrid form of cloning. (christianliferesources.com)
  • Human cloning involves creating embryos with the intent of implanting them in women to produce children. (boloji.com)
  • The downstream step involves identification and selection of the cells that have been properly edited. (nature.com)
  • Pluripotent cells may differentiate to cells of most types, and multipotent cells are capable only of differentiating to certain types within a group of cells that perform similar functions. (citizendium.org)
  • Congress is moving ahead with legislation to overturn Mr. Bush's ban and allow new stem cell lines to be created with government money. (voanews.com)
  • Most cells require a surface or an artificial substrate to form an adherent culture as a monolayer (one single-cell thick), whereas others can be grown free floating in a medium as a suspension culture . (wikipedia.org)
  • Artificial cloning has been achieved in higher animals. (yourarticlelibrary.com)
  • Your children might enjoy using coffee creamers and eat soup with artificial flavor enhancers (Senomyx and Firmenich) tested on artificial taste buds engineered from aborted fetal cells. (hli.org)
  • The have been applied to both the plant and ani- stem cells possess pluripotential charac- mal kingdoms without even stirring a ripple teristics, and can differentiate into various of concern in international conscience [ 2 ]. (who.int)
  • Which Cosmetics Use Fetal Cells? (hli.org)
  • The fetal skin cell line that PSPs are based on was taken from an electively aborted baby whose body was donated to the University. (hli.org)
  • The Vaccine Chart of the Sound Choice Pharmaceutical Institute (SCPI) lists dozens of vaccines and medical products that contain aborted fetal cell lines. (hli.org)
  • In 1907 the zoologist Ross Granville Harrison demonstrated the growth of frog embryonic cells that would give rise to nerve cells in a medium of clotted lymph . (wikipedia.org)
  • These conditions include growing the cells to high or low density, changing media, introducing or removing cytokines, hormones and growth factors, creating an environment which suits differentiation toward a specific cell type, such as providing a suitable substrate. (justia.com)
  • Its website claims that the trademarked PSP "harnesses the power of Human Growth Factors, Interleukins and other Cytokines, to help deliver state-of-the-art skin revitalization. (hli.org)
  • Aim: To detect the expression of molecules associated with Notch signaling pathway in stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth (SHED) cultured in specific differentiation medium, namely, keratinocyte growth medium (KGM). (bvsalud.org)
  • So far, the expression pattern and the function of EZH2 have been broadly studied in humans [ 11 ] and mice [ 12 , 13 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • During progenitor cell differentiation and ageing, PcG silencer EZH2 attenuates, causing loss of PRC binding and transcriptional activation of INK4b and INK4a . (biomedcentral.com)
  • Developmentally regulated EZH2 levels are one of the factors that can determine the higher order chromatin structure and expression pattern of the INK4b-ARF-INK4a locus, coupling human progenitor cell differentiation to proliferation control. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This proposed South Korean program, led by Woo Suk Hwang of Seoul National University, will store human ES cells, and will focus on their therapeutic uses. (progress.org.uk)
  • It seems that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, and the authors have allowed themselves to over-interpretate their interesting results,' said Professor Ian Wilmut of the Roslin Institute, in Edinburgh, leader of the team, which cloned Dolly the sheep. (irfi.org)
  • Sheep Dolly is a clone of its mother. (yourarticlelibrary.com)
  • The present report gives an overview of the terms and methods used in cloning and summarizes the debates in the General Assembly. (who.int)
  • In particular, the invention relates to methods of inducing differentiation of embryonic stem cells into muscle cells or vascular endothelial cells. (justia.com)
  • The invention also includes cells, cell lines, testing models and culture systems used in the methods of the present invention and differentiated cells produced therefrom. (justia.com)
  • The induction of cardiomyocyte differentiation in stem cells is especially useful in developing therapeutic methods and products for heart disease and abnormal heart conditions. (justia.com)
  • Using the SURVEYOR nuclease assay 13 , we assessed the ability of each Cas9-sgRNA complex to generate indels in human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293FT cells through the induction of DNA doublestranded breaks (DSBs) and subsequent nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) DNA damage repair (Online Methods). (cdc.gov)
  • Methods: RNA was extracted from SHED harvested on day 1, 3 and 7. (bvsalud.org)
  • We found that INK4b and INK4a , but not ARF , are upregulated following the differentiation of haematopoietic progenitor cells, in ageing fibroblasts and in senescing malignant rhabdoid tumour cells. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The Notch signaling pathway provides important intercellular signaling mechanisms essential for cell fate specification and it regulates differentiation and proliferation of stem or progenitor cells by para-inducing effects 3-4 . (bvsalud.org)
  • However, there are a number of factors limiting the procurement of organs and accordingly, therapeutic cloning that perhaps can yield still better results needs to be considered as an alternative. (scialert.net)
  • Our facilities provide the opportunity to study molecules, cells, organs and entire organisms. (lu.se)
  • Thus, a kind of 'regenerative medicine' gives people access to therapies derived from their own cells. (boloji.com)
  • New therapies won't happen without people trained to work with stem cells who have both the technical skills and the equipment they need. (ca.gov)
  • It's important to remember that in addition to getting past the political stigma, developing stem cell-based therapies is really no different than any other biotech endeavor. (pharmexec.com)
  • Beck predicts that stem cell-based therapies will also come to market in a systematic fashion. (pharmexec.com)
  • So ideally scientists would like to be able to extract DNA from the cells of older people - not just cells from infants - to create therapies for adult diseases. (usf.edu)
  • I wouldn't as an individual laboratory head necessarily have access to the expertise to produce those knock-out stem cells myself, so it really is literally like going to a library and pulling out something useful', said Professor Elizabeth Fisher, a neuroscientist at University College London. (progress.org.uk)
  • The con- is removed and replaced by a nucleus of cept of human cloning has long been in the another cell type, the stem cell will then imagination of many scientists, scholars and be reprogrammed to produce the product fiction writers [ 1 ]. (who.int)
  • Women will not have to undergo risks to produce enough eggs to allow human cloning to be practiced. (wyomingrighttolife.com)
  • Recently developed technologies produce clinical quality cells in as few as12 days. (pharmexec.com)
  • In principle, scientists could produce a series of cell lines that would allow a close match for the majority of would-be cell recipients - just as transplant surgeons currently seek a close match for organ donors. (usf.edu)
  • They produce clones. (yourarticlelibrary.com)
  • Instead of becoming "biowaste" these embryos could be used to produce embryonic stem cells. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Journal of Molecular Cell Biology, IBCB, SIBS, CAS. (deepdyve.com)
  • In contrast, pluriopotency is the ability of a cell to develop ИПу type Ot the Cell in the animal body, for example, kidney cells or heart cells or nerve cells. (yourarticlelibrary.com)
  • Thanks to the moral fortitude and diligence of many, we have learned, once again, that advances in the treatment of human persons do not have to sacrifice one person for the benefit of another. (wyomingrighttolife.com)
  • Human cloning, and all of the risks and disadvantages associated with this process, is no longer necessary. (wyomingrighttolife.com)
  • The process has been difficult to do with human cells. (usf.edu)
  • What we show for the first time is that you can actually take skin cells, from a middle-aged 35-year-old male, but also from an elderly, 75-year-old male" and use the DNA from those cells in this cloning process, Lanza says. (usf.edu)
  • Knowledge on the expression analysis of Notch signaling pathway molecules in SHED cultured in KGM could highlight its involvement in controlling the biological activity of these stem cells, particularly during odontogenesis and other developmental process. (bvsalud.org)
  • Scientists say the old stem cell lines deteriorate and new ones are needed to advance work in this area. (voanews.com)
  • Woo Suk Hwang - head of the team that announced the creation of 11 patient-specific embryonic stem (ES) cell-lines recently - is planning to open an international stem cell bank in South Korea. (progress.org.uk)
  • The bank would mean that all existing human ES cell-lines would be in one place, enabling doctors to identify. (progress.org.uk)
  • At that time, 78 cell lines met the requirements, yet only 19 of those lines were available for study. (pharmexec.com)
  • For MSC differentiation: MSC lines were generated from iPSCs using STEMdiff Mesenchymal Progenitor Kit (Stemcell Technologies, Cat. (nih.gov)
  • But he says this does mean we could be getting closer to being able to go beyond cloned cell lines to cloning an entire human being. (usf.edu)
  • Moreover, even when high-purity single-cell sorting can be achieved, viability after sorting is often low to moderate, especially for cell types that are particularly sensitive to hydrodynamic stress or low-density culture conditions (e.g., primary cells or pluripotent stem cell lines). (nature.com)
  • President Bush, saying he wanted to "proceed with great care," announced in a national address on August 9 that he would allow federal funding of an existing 60 stem-cell lines but would not permit tax dollars to pay for the destruction of any additional human embryos. (christianitytoday.com)
  • Against this backdrop, I sincerely hope the government will allow Hwang to restart work on cloned human embryos. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • But Hwang suffered setbacks as he was found to have doctored data from experiments on patient-specific stem cells, which were also printed by the peer-reviewed U.S. journal in 2005. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • Arguing NT-1 is indeed a clone, Hwang has tried to resume his work on human stem cells but the government has yet to allow him. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • Hwang Woo-suk became the first researcher in the world to clone a dog, an Afghan hound named Snuppy, in 2005. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • Hwang said his team had created a single cell line from 242 human eggs. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • In the light of this information, Congress could settle for less stringent restrictions on embryo cloning studies, which scientists favor. (irfi.org)