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Patient-Derived Stem Cells Provide Insight toward Cause of Duchenne Muscular … – Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

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2015-08-21 NEWS

Patient-Derived Stem Cells Provide Insight toward Cause of Duchenne Muscular
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
The researchers isolated fibroblasts from DMD patients and reprogrammed them to become induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. The iPS cells were then introduced to a master regulator gene that differentiated them into developing muscle cells, or myotubes.
hiPSCs To Study And Identify Novel Drug Targets In Duchenne Muscular DystrophyMuscular Dystrophy News

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2015-08-21 NEWS

Patient-Derived Stem Cells Provide Insight toward Cause of Duchenne Muscular
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
The researchers isolated fibroblasts from DMD patients and reprogrammed them to become induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. The iPS cells were then introduced to a master regulator gene that differentiated them into developing muscle cells, or myotubes.
hiPSCs To Study And Identify Novel Drug Targets In Duchenne Muscular DystrophyMuscular Dystrophy News

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2015-08-21 NEWS

A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Stem Cells
AllAfrica.com
This article is part of a series The Conversation Africa is running on stem cell research and therapy ahead of special publication in the South African Journal of Bioethics and Law. Broadly speaking, stem cells are used to treat disease or repair

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2015-08-21 NEWS

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96000 registries and counting – DATRI is revolutionizing blood stem cell
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“It all started when I was in the USA and someone I knew needed a blood stem cell transplant to treat Leukaemia. Since she was of Indian-Pakistani origin, we could not find a match in the US registries for her. I realised that ethnicity plays a major