NIH/National Institute on Aging

NIA researchers find gene to explain mouse embryonic stem cell immortality

Published in Blood Weekly, April 8th, 2010

Researchers at the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, have discovered a key to embryonic stem (ES) cell rejuvenation in a gene-Zscan4-as reported in the March 24, 2010, online issue of Nature. This breakthrough finding could have major implications for aging research, stem cell biology, regenerative medicine and cancer biology.

ES cells are unique because, along with the ability to develop into nearly any type of cell in the body, they can produce infinite generations of new, fully operational ES cells (daughter cells). ES cells are essentially immortal, meaning that they can divide indefinitely to produce additional...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2010-04-08)

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