{"id":118597,"date":"2021-01-16T12:24:05","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T20:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/scientists-are-a-step-closer-to-developing-smart-stem-cells-and-theyre-made-from-human-fat"},"modified":"2021-01-16T12:24:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T20:24:05","slug":"scientists-are-a-step-closer-to-developing-smart-stem-cells-and-theyre-made-from-human-fat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/scientists-are-a-step-closer-to-developing-smart-stem-cells-and-theyre-made-from-human-fat","title":{"rendered":"Scientists are a step closer to developing \u2018smart\u2019 stem cells \u2013 and they\u2019re made from human fat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cFsnIDelgco?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Stem cells from fat. \ud83d\ude03<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>A new type of stem cell\u2014that is, a cell with regenerative abilities\u2014could be closer on the horizon, a new study led by UNSW Sydney shows.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/stem+cells\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">stem cells<\/a> (called induced <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/multipotent+stem+cells\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">multipotent stem cells<\/a>, or iMS) can be made from easily accessible human cells\u2014in this case, fat\u2014and reprogrammed to act as stem cells.<\/p>\n<p>The results of the animal study, which created <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/human+stem+cells\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">human stem cells<\/a> and tested their effectiveness in mice, were published online in <i>Science Advances<\/i> today\u2014and while the results are encouraging, more research and tests are needed before any potential translation to human therapies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stem cells from fat. \ud83d\ude03 A new type of stem cell\u2014that is, a cell with regenerative abilities\u2014could be closer on the horizon, a new study led by UNSW Sydney shows. The stem cells (called induced multipotent stem cells, or iMS) can be made from easily accessible human cells\u2014in this case, fat\u2014and reprogrammed to act as [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":609,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/609"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}