News tagged with somatic cell

FANCM plays key role in inheritance

Scientists of KIT and the University of Birmingham have identified relevant new functions of a gene that plays a crucial role in Fanconi anemia, a life-threatening disease.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Somatic stem cells obtained from skin cells for first time ever

Breaking new ground, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Münster, Germany, have succeeded in obtaining somatic stem cells from fully differentiated somatic cells. Stem ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

By temporarily silencing a hyperactive gene, scientists dramatically boost the efficiency of mouse cloning

In principle, somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is a potent tool for scientists looking to produce exact genetic replicas of a particular animal. By injecting a nucleus from an adult cell into an oocyte ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

S.Korean, Russian scientists bid to clone mammoth

Russian and South Korean scientists have signed a deal on joint research intended to recreate a woolly mammoth, an animal which last walked the earth some 10,000 years ago.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (37) | comments 21

Cure of ADPKD by selection for spontaneous genetic repair events in Pkd1-mutated iPS cells

A research group including Kyoto University researchers demonstrates that mouse iPS cells, in which genetic correction occurs spontaneously through mitotic recombination, is selectable from the population of genetically mutated ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Aging human bodies and aging human oocytes run on different clocks

Reproductive and somatic aging use different molecular mechanisms that show little overlap between the types of genes required to keep oocytes healthy and the genes that generally extend life span, according to Coleen Murphy, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Inadequate supply of protein building blocks may explain pregnancy failures in bovine cloning experiments

Amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, are essential to support the normal growth of a developing embryo and the placenta. An insufficient supply of amino acids in the mother's uterus caused by abnormal ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Webcam technology used to measure medications' effects on the heart

A common component in webcams may help drug makers and prescribers address a common side-effect of drugs called cardiotoxicity, an unhealthy change in the way the heart beats. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created May 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Japanese stem cell researcher wins top award

Japanese scientist Shinya Yamanaka was Friday honoured with a Spanish award worth 400,000 euros ($544,000) for his pioneering work on cell reprogramming.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Not all clones the same

Despite their name, not all clones are created equal. This is especially true for the products of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), which entails the transplantation of the nucleus from a mature somatic ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Japanese researchers report on liver transplantation studies using animal and iPS cells

Two research teams from the Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine (Okayama, Japan) have reported breakthrough studies in liver cell transplantation. One team found that the technical breakthrough in creating induced ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Smoking damages men's sperm and also the numbers of germ and somatic cells in developing embryos

Two new studies have shed more light on how smoking may damage fertility, and give further weight to advice that mothers and fathers-to-be should stop smoking before attempting to conceive. The research is published online ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Dental pulp cells for stem cell banking

Defined sets of factors can reprogram human cells to induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. However, many types of human cells are not easily accessible to minimally invasive procedures.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

South Korean researchers say they cloned endangered cow

South Korean researchers said Wednesday they have successfully cloned a rare local species of cow in a government-funded project.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists discover marker indicating the developmental potential of stem cells

Researchers in China are reporting that they have found a way to determine which somatic cells -- or differentiated body cells -- that have been reprogrammed into a primordial, embryonic-like state are the most viable for ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast