“You can grow cells in tissue culture and then say ... analyzing his group's early results studying migration of human fibroblasts in three dimensions. “Rates of migration are moderately ...

However, the biopsy procedure itself and the need to expand fibroblasts in culture still represent major hurdles to be overcome before the iPS cell technology can become more broadly applicable.

5 “We realized we could take the fibroblasts out of a person and they would maintain their identity in culture,” said Garza ... and subjected these cells to high pressure by adding a viscous chemical.

Researchers have been trying for decades to stop the cells that damage the lung in people with pulmonary fibrosis. Now a team ...

The journey from panda fibroblasts to iPSCs was not easy ... With a few tweaks to the cell culture medium to include certain signaling pathway modulators, epigenetic inhibitors, and kinase blockers, ...

The team has unveiled an innovative technique to convert fibroblasts—common connective tissue cells—into mature and functional induced cardiomyocytes (iCMs). Their method relies on combining ...

Our research focuses on the tumor-permissive molecular mechanisms underlying cancer-associated fibroblast function as well as immune ... three-dimensional cell culture systems such as patient-derived ...

The standard cell types used are skin fibroblasts and blood mononuclear cells. Special arrangements can be made for the reprogramming of other cell types. Currently, the method is based on the ...