Bioartificial Liver
Directed differentiation of bone marrow cells yields hepatocyte-like cells
Published in Blood Weekly, June 30th, 2005
In a recent study, researchers in China conducted a study "to design the effective directed differentiation medium to differentiate bone marrow cells into hepatocyte-like cells."
"Bone marrow cells were cultured in the directed differentiation media including fibroblast growth factor-4 (FGF-4) and oncostatin M (OSM).
"Hepatocyte-like cells from directed differentiation of bone marrow cells were identified through cell morphology, RNA expressions by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), protein expressions by Western blot, and...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2005-06-30)
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