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Article: Embryonic stem cells develop into ectoderm cells in damaged inner ear.
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- Immunotherapy Weekly
- Article date:
- June 2, 2004
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2004 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Embryonic stem cells develop into ectoderm cells in damaged inner ears.
"The potential of embryonic stem (ES) cells to differentiate into inner ear hair cells was" examined. "Undifferentiated mouse ES cells transplanted into neomycin-damaged mouse inner ears were evaluated by immunohistochemistry 4 weeks after transplantation," wrote scientists in Japan.
"Some ES cells were positive for E-cadherin or NCAM, and most transplanted cells were positive for SSEA3 and Ki67. None were positive for Myosin Vila or MF20. These results indicate that the damaged inner ear may have some activity inducing ES cells to develop ...