Now researchers have discovered a way to generate more stem cells cheaply and quickly, using tropoelastin - a protein that gives living tissues the ability to stretch and retract.
Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), co-authors Dr Giselle Yeo and Professor Anthony Weiss - from the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre, School of Life and Environmental Sciences and Bosch Institute - said the study describes a new and cost-effective method of growing and recruiting mesenchymal stem cells rapidly and efficiently.
"Our discovery that tropoelastin dramatically promotes stem cell expansion and recruitment, and reliably preserves their ability to develop into different types of cells points to new ways of cost-effectively and efficiently growing these stem cells to address the increasing global demand," said Yeo.
https://www.news-medical.net/news/2...protein-accelerates-growth-of-stem-cells.aspx
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-02/02/c_137794810.htm
Paper:
https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/s...51116.DCSupplemental/pnas.1812951116.sapp.pdf
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