by Angela C. H. McDonald | Jun 29, 2012
Pluripotency describes the potential of a stem cell to differentiate into any cell type in the body. Embryonic stem cells derived from the early pre-implantation embryo are pluripotent as well as their engineered counterparts, iPSCs (induced pluripotent stem cells)....
by Angela C. H. McDonald | Jun 26, 2012
Hiromitsu Nakauchi has a vision for regenerative medicine. In this vision, he sees a renewable source of human organs for transplantation that are grown within the bodies of farm animals. Here’s how it works: pluripotent stem cells would be injected into an early...
by Angela C. H. McDonald | May 5, 2011
Generating complex organ tissue from pluripotent stem cells is a major challenge in the field of regenerative medicine. Significant progress has been made in directing pluripotent stem cells to differentiate into specific cell types however; there have been few...
by Ubaka Ogbogu | Jul 12, 2010
On June 30, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) released updated Guidelines for Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Research. The Guidelines apply to all research involving human pluripotent stem cells conducted with funding from, or under the auspices of...
by Stem Cell Network | Oct 14, 2009
During a heart attack, muscle cells that make up the heart’s tissue are lost permanently. This cell loss is one of the leading causes of heart failure. Although cell transplantation can result in modest improvements in cardiac function, several challenges remain,...
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