By Jocelyn Gurland - Issue date: Feb 2010
Stem cells are cells of the body that can self-regenerate and divide to make long-term stem cells. Fuchs explained that most cells of the body die, but stem cells are the only type of cell with the capability to continue to renew.
Nuclear transfer is one of the procedures Fuchs focuses on in her lab.
In this process, the nucleus of an unfertilized egg is removed, discarded and replaced with the nucleus of a skin cell. The cell is then reprogrammed and placed back into the body so it can regenerate.
Embryonic stem cells can generate cells for all tissues of the body, while adult stem cells can only generate a subset of tissues.
"Epidermis cells cannot make liver cells, just as liver cells cannot make epidermis cells," Fuchs said
Nuclear transfer is one of the procedures Fuchs focuses on in her lab.
In this process, the nucleus of an unfertilized egg is removed, discarded and replaced with the nucleus of a skin cell. The cell is then reprogrammed and placed back into the body so it can regenerate.
Embryonic stem cells can generate cells for all tissues of the body, while adult stem cells can only generate a subset of tissues.
"Epidermis cells cannot make liver cells, just as liver cells cannot make epidermis cells," Fuchs said
"I am extremely pro-stem cell research because my mom has multiple sclerosis," Cassandra Tuttman, '13, said. "They believe that stem cells can help regenerate damaged myelin sheaths on neurons."
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