Researchers at UC, Los Angeles succeeded in inducing skin cells to become pluripotent cells with genetic featured very much like embryonic stem cells. They verified work published during the completion of their project, which showed that the introduction of four specific genetic factors is sufficient to induce differentiated adult cells into reverting to an embryonic … Continue reading Validation of Technique Inducing Skin Cells to become Pluripotent Stem Cells
Month: February 2008
Mutation Causing Cardiomyopathy Validated in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells
Researchers at UC, Irvine used mouse embryonic stem cells to demonstrate that a specific mutation can cause cardiomyopathy, with a thickened heart wall, in the mouse. The team looked at the small DNA molecule located outside of the nucleus, so-called mitochondrial DNA, which we all inherit exclusively from our mothers. They also discovered that severe … Continue reading Mutation Causing Cardiomyopathy Validated in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells
The Stem Cellar 