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- One Father's Choice. Smith, Kyle; Stambler, Lyndon; Benet, Lorenzo; Dagostino, Mark // People;11/8/2004, Vol. 62 Issue 19, p109
This article focuses on the efforts of Robert Klein in promoting stem cell research in California. Robert Klein has made millions as a real estate developer but feels powerless. In California, Klein has sold buildings to raise more than $2 million to help fund Proposition 71, an upcoming ballot...
- Cell growth: RAC1 sizes up mTOR. Schuldt, Alison // Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology;Jun2011, Vol. 12 Issue 6, p343
The author discusses the study which observes that conditional deletion of RAC1 from primary mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs), B cells or T cells reduced cell size.
- pluripotent, pluripotential. // Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (2009);2009, Issue 21, p1809
The definitions of the medical terms "pluripotent" or "pluripotential," which pertains to an embryonic cell that can form various types of cells, or having a number of different functions, are presented.
- Back to the Future. Beardsley, Timothy M. // BioScience;Sep2007, Vol. 57 Issue 8, p643
The article discusses reports published within the issue including Sa Cai, Xiaobing Fu and Zhiyong Sheng on alternative ways of producing human cells using embryonic stem cells.
- High-yield selection and extraction of two promoter-defined phenotypes of neural stem cells from the fetal human brain. Keyoung, H. Michael; Roy, Neeta S.; Benraiss, Abdellatif; Louissaint, Abner; Suzuki, Akira; Hashimoto, Mitsuhiro; Rashbaum, William K.; Okano, Hideyuki; Goldman, Steven A. // Nature Biotechnology;Sep2001, Vol. 19 Issue 9, p843
Neural stem and precursor cells reside in the ventricular lining of the fetal forebrain, and may provide a cellular substrate for brain repair. To selectively identify and extract these cells, we infected dissociated fetal human brain cells with adenoviruses bearing the gene for green...
- JDF NEWS. // Countdown;Summer2002, Vol. 23 Issue 3, p48
Reports global developments related to medicine as of July 2002. Support of Australian Prime Minister John Howard for embryonic stem cell research; Sponsorship of the 'Roaring '20s Remembered' gala by UnitedHealthcare; Launch of the Arizona Chapter's Promise Gala 2002.
- Editorial. Knuuttila, Tarja; Hyssalo, Sampsa // Science Studies;Jun2007, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p3
The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including "From Core Set to Assemblage: On the Dynamics of Exclusion and Inclusion in the Failure to Derive Beta Cells from Embryonic Stem Cells," by Mike Michael and colleagues, and "Effects of 'Mode 2'-Related Policy on the...
- Non-injection methods for the production of embryonic stem cell-embryo chimaeras. Wood, Stephen A.; Allen, Nick D. // Nature;9/2/1993, Vol. 365 Issue 6441, p87
Contrasts the morulae aggregation and blastocyst injection techniques for the production of germline chimaeras. Same percentage of germline chimaeras for both methods; Pluripotency of the embryonic stem cells as the most critical parameter; Savings in time and equipment when using aggregation...
- blastoderm. // Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (2009);2009, Issue 21, p276
An encyclopedia entry for blastoderm, a disk of cells, is presented.
