The Yamanaka transcription factors can be used to recreate the transformation of cell type that occurs in early embryonic development, inducing a process of reprogramming that can transform any somatic cell into an induced pluripotent stem cell. Initially, this discovery was applied to the development of cell therapies and tissue engineering, a way to produce cells of a specific type matched to the recipient, or to generate cell banks able to reliably supply cells of specific types, or to chase the grail of <a href="https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2019/02/towards-univ…
A Review of the Present State of Epigenetic Reprogramming to Treat Aging
The Yamanaka transcription factors can be used to recreate the transformation of cell type that occurs in early embryonic development, inducing a process of reprogramming that can transform any somatic cell into an induced pluripotent stem cell. Initially, this discovery was applied to the development of cell therapies and tissue engineering, a way to produce cells of a specific type matched to the recipient, or to generate cell banks able to reliably supply cells of specific types, or to chase the grail of <a href="https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2019/02/towards-univ…