New research shows that certain primate stem cells have pluripotency superior to some types derived from mice. The study maps how pluripotency differs among mice, monkeys, and humans, and illustrates ...

Signalling by the cytokine LIF and its downstream transcription factor, STAT3, prevents differentiation of pluripotent embryonic stem cells (ESCs). This contrasts with most cell types where STAT3 ...

In a study published online in Nature Cell Biology on May 11, scientists from Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health (GIBH) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences established a novel and efficient ...

Not all stem cells possess an equal potential to produce specialized cell types. The sum potential of a cell to give different specialized cell types is called ‘potency’. ESCs possess pluripotency.

To carry out all the functions required for the maintenance of life, many types of specialized cells have to serve specific purposes, like heart cells, brain cells, nerve cells, etc. Pluripotent stem ...

Researchers have discovered what enables embryonic stem cells to differentiate into diverse cell types and thus to be pluripotent. This pluripotency depends on a molecule -- E-cadherin -- hitherto ...

Dogs have been faithful human companions ever since their domestication thousands of years ago. With improvements in veterinary medicine in recent decades, their life expectancy has increased. However ...

Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) can give rise to many types of tissues and organs. At the turn of the century, these cells were believed to offer hope of treatment for several health problems, but as ...

Multiplex Gene-Expression Assay for Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Recent methods to reprogram human somatic cells in order to create induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are intended to ...

Stem cell researchers must take more care in identifying true pluripotency in reprogrammed human cells, according to a study published online today (October 11) in Nature Biotechnology. The paper ...