{"id":166566,"date":"2023-06-28T00:25:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T05:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/reprogrammed-skin-cells-become-human-placenta-in-new-breakthrough"},"modified":"2023-06-28T00:25:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T05:25:25","slug":"reprogrammed-skin-cells-become-human-placenta-in-new-breakthrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/reprogrammed-skin-cells-become-human-placenta-in-new-breakthrough","title":{"rendered":"Reprogrammed skin cells become human placenta in new breakthrough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/reprogrammed-skin-cells-become-human-placenta-in-new-breakthrough.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prof. Yossi Buganim and his research team at the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have achieved a groundbreaking milestone in the field of cell reprogramming. Their latest study, published in <i>Nature Communications<\/i>, reveals a remarkable breakthrough in converting skin samples into functional human placenta cells. This achievement has significant implications for understanding pregnancy development, studying pregnancy-related diseases, and advancing cell therapies.<\/p>\n<p>The research opens new avenues for investigating the causes of infertility, complications during pregnancy, and long-term health implications for both mothers and babies.<\/p>\n<p>Reprogramming cells to assume new identities has been a focus of Prof. Buganim\u2019s lab, which utilizes specialized proteins to modify <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/gene+expression\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">gene expression<\/a>. By transforming skin cells into other <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/cell+types\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">cell types<\/a>, the team enables the study of specific diseases and the potential development of cell-based therapies. However, accessing cells from the placenta, a critical organ in pregnancy, has long been a challenge due to technical and ethical constraints.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Yossi Buganim and his research team at the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have achieved a groundbreaking milestone in the field of cell reprogramming. Their latest study, published in Nature Communications, reveals a remarkable breakthrough in converting skin samples into functional human placenta cells. This achievement has significant implications for [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166566","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\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166566\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}