Although it has now been 10 years since the first cloned mammals were generated from
somatic cells using nuclear transfer (NT), most cloned embryos usually undergo …

Parthenogenesis is one of the main, and most useful, methods to derive embryonic stem
cells (ESCs), which may be an important source of histocompatible cells and tissues for cell …

Embryonic stem (ES) cells have the capacity to proliferate indefinitely in culture while
maintaining the ability to differentiate to form any of the cells of the body. This unique …

Recently, ES cell lines were established from single blastomeres taken from eight-cell
embryos in mice and humans with success rates of 4% and 2%, respectively, which …

Intraperitoneal transplantation of hepatocyte microbeads is an attractive option for the
management of acute liver failure. Encapsulation of hepatocytes in alginate microbeads …

The identity and functional potential of dopamine neurons derived in vitro from embryonic
stem cells are critical for the development of a stem cell-based replacement therapy for …

Mammalian parthenogenetic embryos (pE) are not viable due to placental deficiency,
presumably resulting from lack of paternally expressed imprinted genes. Pluripotent …

Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) and their receptors are expressed in ovarian theca
cells (TC) and granulosa cells (GC) and BMPs have been implicated in the regulation of …

The aberrant expression of imprinted genes induces parthenogenetic fetal and placental
dysplasia, thus leading to failures in embryonic development. Igf2 and H19 are co …

Parthenogenetic embryonic stem (pES) cells are pluripotent stem cells derived from
artificially activated oocytes without embryo destruction, thus eliciting less ethic concerns …