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Derivation of embryonic stem-cell lines from human blastocysts.
Chad A. Cowan,Irinha Klimanskaya,Jill A. McMahon,Jocelyn Atienza,Jeannine Witmyer,Jacob P. Zucker,Shunping Wang,Cynthia C. Morton,Andrew P. McMahon,Doug Powers,Douglas A. Melton +10 more
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The procedures used to develop 17 lines of human embryonic stem cells from the inner cell masses of blastocysts are discussed.Abstract:
This report, first published online on March 3, 2004, discusses the procedures used to develop 17 lines of human embryonic stem cells from the inner cell masses of blastocysts. These cell lines are available to researchers under a Material Transfer Agreement; according to current regulations, the cells cannot be used for research supported by federal funds. These cells are expected to facilitate research on a variety of serious chronic diseases.read more
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Original Research Report Derivation of Three Clones from Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines by FACS Sorting and Their Characterization
Kuldip S. Sidhu,Bernard E. Tuch +1 more
TL;DR: The ability to produce clones from a parent hESC line rapidly by FACS sorting will help provide a homogeneous population of cells for achieving uniformed lineage specifications for future transplantation therapies and biomedical research.
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Late-adhering human embryonic stem cell clumps during serial passage can yield morphologically 'normal-looking' colonies.
Boon Chin Heng,Hua Liu,Tong Cao +2 more
TL;DR: Preliminary observations revealed that non-adhered hES cell clumps that were still viable possessed a distinct, rounded morphology with 'sharp,' clearly-defined edges, and gave rise to morphologically 'normal-looking' undifferentiated colonies that were virtually indistinguishable from neighbouring colonies.
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Isogenic Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Models of Cardiovascular Disease-Associated Genetic Variation
TL;DR: A genome editing system optimized for hPSCs is developed that can be used to efficiently generate hPSC lines with targeted consequences and improve understanding of disease pathogenesis and aid in the development of novel therapies.
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Alternative Sources of Human Embryonic Stem Cells
TL;DR: A retrospective analysis of the morphological progression from ED5 to ED6 in 2,480 embryos that are rejected for clinical use shows that nonviable embryos defined as poor do not improve with extended in vitro culture and yet retain the capacity to yield human ES cell lines despite arrested development.
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Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Derived from Human Blastocysts
James A. Thomson,Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor,Sander S. Shapiro,Michelle A. Waknitz,Swiergiel Jennifer J,Vivienne S. Marshall,Jeffrey M. Jones +6 more
TL;DR: Human blastocyst-derived, pluripotent cell lines are described that have normal karyotypes, express high levels of telomerase activity, and express cell surface markers that characterize primate embryonic stem cells but do not characterize other early lineages.
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The serial cultivation of human diploid cell strains.
Leonard Hayflick,P.S. Moorhead +1 more
TL;DR: A consideration of the cause of the eventual degeneration of these strains leads to the hypothesis that non-cumulative external factors are excluded and that the phenomenon is attributable to intrinsic factors which are expressed as senescence at the cellular level.
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Formation of Pluripotent Stem Cells in the Mammalian Embryo Depends on the POU Transcription Factor Oct4
Jennifer Nichols,Branko Zevnik,Konstantinos Anastassiadis,Hitoshi Niwa,Daniela Klewe-Nebenius,Ian Chambers,Hans R. Schöler,Austin Smith +7 more
TL;DR: It is reported that the activity of Oct4 is essential for the identity of the pluripotential founder cell population in the mammalian embryo and also determines paracrine growth factor signaling from stem cells to the trophectoderm.
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Embryonic stem cell lines from human blastocysts: somatic differentiation in vitro.
TL;DR: The derivation of pluripotent embryonic stem (ES) cells from human blastocysts is described, providing a model to study early human embryology, an investigational tool for discovery of novel growth factors and medicines, and a potential source of cells for use in transplantation therapy.
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Differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into embryoid bodies compromising the three embryonic germ layers.
Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor,Maya Schuldiner,Dorit Karsenti,Amir Eden,Ofra Yanuka,Michal Amit,Hermona Soreq,Nissim Benvenisty +7 more
TL;DR: The ability to induce formation of human embryoid bodies that contain cells of neuronal, hematopoietic and cardiac origins will be useful in studying early human embryonic development as well as in transplantation medicine.