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Lecture 7 - Genome Tools

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•Question of “adult stem cells”-<br />

•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryonic_stem_cell<br />

•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem_cell<br />

Stem cells<br />

•Stem cells discovered from analysis of teratocarcinoma (germ cell) in 1964<br />

•A single cell can be isolated and remain undifferentiated in culture, “embryonic carcinoma cell”<br />

•Cultured and stimulated to produce many different cell types<br />

•ES cells first derived from mouse embryos in 1981 (MEvans, MKaufman, GRMartin)<br />

•2005: Pluripotent stem cells from adult fibroblast cultures

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