[D66] Scientists discover switch to speed up stem cell production

[Henk Elegeert]

Scientists discover switch to speed up stem cell productionMay 18,
2011<http://www.physorg.com/archive/18-05-2011/>

*A team of scientists from Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) of the Agency
for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have shown how proteins
involved in controlling genes work together to carry out their functions in
stem cells and demonstrated for the very first time, how they can change
interaction partners to make other types of cells. The work highlighted the
collaborative nature of modern biology in which techniques and knowledge
from bioinformatics analysis, structural biology, biochemistry and stem cell
molecular biology were used together to find the specific amino acid within
the protein that facilitated the molecular switch between stem cells and
other types of cells. This discovery, published in the journal Stem Cells,
has implications for generating stem cells more efficiently for biomedical
applications and could help facilitate the development of treatments for
diseases such as diabetes, Parkinson's disease, and Huntington's disease.*

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Mooi.

Henk Elegeert

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