Lecture 7 - Genome Tools
Lecture 7 - Genome Tools
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