by iae5008 | Oct 29, 2021 | Cell Therapies, Pluripotent Stem Cells
By Ashley J. WennersHerron UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The human body can be genetically inclined to attack its own cells, destroying the beta cells in the pancreas that make insulin, which helps convert sugar into energy. Called Type 1 diabetes, this disorder can occur at...
by ljs5936 | May 12, 2021 | Cell Therapies, Hematopoiesis
By Lilly Su, MD Candidate, Class of 2023, Penn State College of Medicine Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are the stem cells that give rise to other blood cells, through a process called hematopoiesis. There are many organs and tissues within the body that are involved...
by ljs5936 | Feb 18, 2021 | Cell Therapies, General news
By Lilly Su, MD Candidate, Class of 2023, Penn State College of Medicine Within the body, the majority of cells are destined to convey specific functions e.g., erythroid blood cells deliver oxygen, endothelial cells form vasculature, neurons mediate communication by...
by iae5008 | Mar 7, 2017 | Hematopoiesis
Erythrocytes or red blood cells (RBCs) are the most abundant cell population comprising of ~45% of the total blood volume, whose main function is to deliver oxygen to the body tissues. Red blood cells lack a nucleus and most organelles to provide maximum space for...
by iae5008 | Mar 7, 2017 | Hematopoiesis
Hematopoietic differentiation of pluripotent stem cells in vitro Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) derived from the inner part of a blastocyst (embryonic stem cells, ESCs) or through reprogramming of terminally differentiated adult cells (induced pluripotent stem cells,...
by iae5008 | Mar 7, 2017 | Bioinformatics
Since the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) was discovered by Oswald Avery in 1944 and its double helical strand structure composed of four bases was determined by Watson and Crick in 1953, our knowledge about genome structure and function has tremendously increased. This...
