A major advance in regenerative medicine has recently been announced. A new technique, which can convert adult skin cells into embryonic form, has been successfully performed on interbred mice by Dr. Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University. The technique, if adaptable to human cells could allow new heart, liver, or kidney cells to be regenerated from simple skin cells. This tissue could potentially replace organ tissue that has been damaged due to disease. As this tissue would be formed from the patient’s own skin cells, it would not be subject to rejection by the patient’s immune system.
Summary: Biologists Make Skin Cells Work Like Stem Cells
June 12th, 2007
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Topic: Hair Cloning
Tags: Cell Cultivation, Embryonic Cells, Genes, Hair Cloning News, New York Times, Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 3:42 pm
How Does Hair Cloning Grow "Normal" Hair from Cultured Cells?
February 21st, 2007Q: Considering cell cultivation is made possible how could their injection create a normal formation of hair on the scalp and can they induce hair growth also in scarred areas where previously hair stopped growing? A: That is the question. It is not known if these induced follicles will resemble normal hairs, and be cosmetically [...]
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Topic: Hair Cloning
Tags: Bernstein Medical - Center for Hair Restoration, Cell Cultivation, Cultured Fibroblasts, Dermal Papillae, Dermal Sheath, Dermal Structures, Epidermal Structures, Epithelial Cells, Fibroblasts, Follicular Unit Transplant, Hair Orientation, Induced Follicles
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 8:32 am
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