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MANDATORY USE WITH AFP STORY HEALTH-DISEASE-EYES-VISION-STEMCELL
=== EMBARGO: RELEASABLE 1700 GMT WEDNESDAY APRIL 6, 2011. THIS RESTRICTION APPLIES TO ALL MEDIA INCLUDING WEBSITES === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / RIKEN CDB / M. Eiraku and Y.Sasai" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS – NO ARCHIVE === MANDATORY USE WITH AFP STORY Health-disease-eyes-vision-stemcells ===
This handout image released by the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology on April 6, 2010 shows two ES cell-derived optic cup formed by self-organization in 3D culture, with the green color being fluorescence of GFP protein that was engineered to mark retinal tissue. In a major advance in regenerative medicine, researchers have for the first time coaxed stem cells from a mammal into becoming an embryonic eye, according to a study released on April 6, 2011. In laboratory experiments with mice, researchers led by Yoshiki Sasai of the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe, Japan started with pluripotent stem cells, the universal starter kit for virtually every specialised cell in the body. Sasai and colleagues, using new lab techniques, managed to set in motion the transformation of an embryonic stem cells into a so-called optic cup, the layered, three-dimensional structures that become the retina in an eye. The discovery will be especially relevant for a group of genetic eye conditions, known as retinitis pigmentosa, that lead to blindness, Sasai said. AFP PHOTO / RIKEN CDB / M. Eiraku and Y. Sasai
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Kobe, Hyogo, JAPAN |
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M. Eiraku and Y.Sasai |
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6 Aprilie 2011 |
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