... (neuronal stem cells) , skin (epidermal stem cells) , eye (retinal stem cells) and gut (intestinal crypt stem cells) (Spradling et al 2001) However, 15 not all organs and tissues may contain stemcells ... experiments involving blastocyst injections and ectopic grafting in adult hosts cannot be performed in the human Animal embryonicstemcellsEmbryonicstemcells were first derived from certain strains ... L-glutamine, 1X penicillin–streptomycin, 1X nonessential amino acids (Invitrogen), 1X insulin-transferrin-selenium G supplement (Invitrogen) and mM β-mercaptoethanol (Invitrogen) For the derivation and...
... VEGF-R2-positive cells induced from undifferentiated mouse embryonicstem (ES) cells can differentiate into both VE-cadherin-positive endothelial cells (ECs) and αSMA-positive mural cells (MCs), and these vascular ... of transplanted vascularcells derived from human ES cellsand the vascular density in the infarct area after the transplantation In the saline- and hMNCs-injected groups, the vascular density ... Translational Medicine 2008, 6:54 cells, the number (cells/ mm2/mouse) of single stranded DNA (ss-DNA)+ cellsin one field in the ischemic core from each mouse in the saline- or hES-ECs+MCs-injected group...
... reported in human [16,17] and mouse embryonicstemcells [18-20] The unique patterns of miRNA expression inembryonicstemcells suggest they are involved in maintaining "stemness" Identifying mRNAs ... was repressed in hES cellsand upregulated in EB and adult cells NFIB is a transcription factor involved in brain development [7578], chondrocytic differentiation [79] and lung development [78] ... the samples into three groups: hES cells, EB, and adult cells Node A contained the genes that were upregulated in both hES cellsand EB, node B contained the genes upregulated in hES cells only,...
... established Feeder-independent murine embryonicstemcells (ESCs) were kindly provided by K Pfeffer (Institute for Microbiology, Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf, Germany) The cells were derived ... were fixed in formalin (4%) until further procession Formaline-fixed microspheres were dehydrated in increasing ethanol concentrations (50%, 75%, 90% and 100%) and embedded in paraffin (Paraplast ... cultivation in the presence of osteoinductive stimuli Numerous living cells were detected in the mineralized centre of the spheres by means of toluidine blue staining (Figure 1) Generally, the mineralization...
... Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research: Defining death: a report on the medical, legal and ethical issues in the determination of death USGPO Washington DC; 1981 Landry DW, ... end of the beginning for pluripotent stemcells Nature 2001, 414:92-97 23 24 25 26 Doerflinger RM: The ethics of funding embryonicstem cell research: a Catholic viewpoint Kennedy Inst Ethics J ... Research and Prevention Foundation This type of federal research funding strategy involving existing embryonicstem cell lines is consistent with the President's belief in the fundamental value and...
... effective invitro system to study complex events underlying human nervous system development (Ben-Nun and Benvenisty, 2006; Dvash et al., 2006) 2.7 Embryonicstemcellsand induced pluripotent stemcells ... culture feeding 3.2.3 Human embryonicstemcellsand induced pluripotent stemcells Human embryonicstem cell line HES-3 (46, XX) was from ES Cell International (Singapore, http://www.escellinternational.com) ... forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain and the spinal cord This figure was reproduced from Epstein et al., 1999 2.4 SHH and neural development During the initial phase of neural induction, the ectoderm is induced...
... connection between the intrinsic transcription factors and extrinsic signaling pathways in mouse embryonicstemcells (mESCs) Stat3 and Oct4 were shown to bind to the promoter of Nanog, and subsequent ... Sox2 DNA interactions, characterized the joint DNA motif, expanded the Oct4 and Sox2 transcription binding network to the Smad1 and Stat3 signalling networks and utilized these binding data in an ... αOct4 and αSox2 antibodies used in ChIP 3.2 Oct4 and Sox2 binding to Oct4 CR4 region in mESCs 3.3 Oct4 and Sox2 binding reduces after retinoic acid differentiation of mESCs 3.4 Oct4 and Sox2 bind...
... Human embryonicstemcells (hESCs) hold great promises in many aspects of research and clinical usage Comparing with other type of stemcells such as adult stemcellsand induced pluri-potent stem ... somatic cells They repeatedly introduce certain proteins channeled into the cells via poly-arginine anchors and sufficiently induced pluripotency[45] This new technique brings in new hope instem ... applications 1.2.2.2 Embryonicstem cells: Another type of stemcells by conventional categorization is embryonicstemcells based on its origin from the fertilized egg In 1981, embryonicstemcells (ESC)...
... social development, women and habitat relating directly and indirectly to food security Within the UN system alone, including the international financial institutions, 14 Food Security and Sustainable ... African land policy as implemented in the period 1994 to 1999 Since joining the HSRC, he has been involved in research around integrated rural development including land reform, agricultural development, ... resolving food insecurity and the real achievements in increasing global food security, the gap between the aspiration of eradicating hunger and the continuing reality, portrayed, in this case, in...
... starting point for spatial and quantitative thinking remains controversial in the field and used that point to highlight the need for caution in presenting research findings of this kind to the ... mathematics and science learning include categorization, symbolic reasoning, and causal reasoning Unfortunately, these advances in understanding of children’s thinking not seem to be shaping practice and ... first strand, including consideration of financing, minimal licensing standards, and the schedules for care, tend to surround the child care settings serving the poorest families—families leaving...
... crosstalk between auxin and other plant hormones [21–24] Our study also shows that genes involved in cytokinin (e.g cytokinin-Oglucosyltransferase, cytokinin dehydrogenase, and response regulators), ... Transcript profiling of auxin-responsive genes M Jain and J P Khurana responses, which indicates crosstalk between stress and auxin signaling In the recent past, the identification of F-box proteins (TIR1 ... results reported in this study will be helpful in understanding the transcriptional network regulated by auxin and functional validation of selected auxin-responsive genes involved in developmental...
... modifications and factor recruitment at the murine b-globin locus in uninduced embryonicstemcells (day 0), as well as that of primitive and definitive erythroid cells (days and 12, respectively) Using ... transcription during invitro erythroid differentiation of murine embryonicstemcells PCR analysis of DNase I treated and reverse-transcribed total RNA extracted from differentiating embryonicstemcells ... composed of ES cellsand MEF cells grown in ES media containing leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) These cells express the Rex-1 and b-actin genes but not the embryonicand adult globin genes (Fig 2)...
... social development, women and habitat relating directly and indirectly to food security Within the UN system alone, including the international financial institutions, 14 Food Security and Sustainable ... African land policy as implemented in the period 1994 to 1999 Since joining the HSRC, he has been involved in research around integrated rural development including land reform, agricultural development, ... resolving food insecurity and the real achievements in increasing global food security, the gap between the aspiration of eradicating hunger and the continuing reality, portrayed, in this case, in...
... author sustains that “the broad access to independent media is very closely related with systematic indicators of good governance and human developmentIn this same line and using similar indicators ... freedom and economic development are strongly linked to each other Another interesting data that is revealed by the ranking of Press Freedom and Economic Developmentin Latin America is linked ... the process of installing modern democracies and the feelings and opinions that those aroused in Europe and the Western world is Alexis de Tocqueville (1805 – 1859) Being critical and distrustful...
... Middling women could be found operating freely in the French guild system,²³ trading independently in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Geneva,²⁴ and acting as merchants in northern German and Scandinavian ... similar developments in the Midlands, see Andrew Hann, ‘Industrialisation and the Service Economy’ in Towns, Regions and Industries: Urban and Industrial Change, 1700–1840, ed Jon Stobart and Neil ... products in 1760 and 1770, and this provincial dominance was also evident in Leeds and Sheffield in 1800 Conversely, London appeared more prominent in all three towns at various points between 1810 and...
... constructed concept and tools is verified in industrial case studies both in Finland andin China In more detail the contribution of the author is clarified in the following: Development of the ... transfer and competence development continue in 2002 in a paper machine start-up project in Finland The concept and tools were constructed and developed further based on the experiences gained in the ... including individual and organizational learning, in single and double loop and a systemic model in building learning organizations are reviewed 3.1 A resource-based view of a firm as an open system...
... degree and diploma programs in fields relevant to economic development, including education, engineering, health and business Expand postgraduate training capacity – Ph.D & Masters programs Train ... Goal is to increase training to technical and vocational education institutions, especially in business education, and to partner with businesses There has been a rapid increase in developing new ... goals include improving working conditions and student living conditions, and strengthening the quality of higher education and research The latter includes strengthening tertiary education and...
... capture of foreign investment in the development of the related pulp industry, and increases in the production and exports of pulp and paper In fact, however, and when economic costs and benefits are ... quantity (of forest land) demanded (in 2003); S = supply (of forest land) curve Economic Costs and Benefits of Allocating Forest Land for Industrial Tree Plantation Developmentin Indonesia P D Before ... more forestland for conversion into HTI pulp plantations Economic Costs and Benefits of Allocating Forest Land for Industrial Tree Plantation Developmentin Indonesia INTRODUCTION Pulp industries...