{"id":199342,"date":"2024-11-12T16:26:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T22:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/unusual-stem-cell-discovery-challenges-longstanding-cellular-reprogramming-theories"},"modified":"2024-11-12T16:26:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T22:26:00","slug":"unusual-stem-cell-discovery-challenges-longstanding-cellular-reprogramming-theories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/unusual-stem-cell-discovery-challenges-longstanding-cellular-reprogramming-theories","title":{"rendered":"Unusual Stem Cell Discovery Challenges Longstanding Cellular Reprogramming Theories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/unusual-stem-cell-discovery-challenges-longstanding-cellular-reprogramming-theories2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Researchers found that neural crest stem cells are uniquely capable of reprogramming, challenging current reprogramming theories and opening possibilities for stem cell-based treatments.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A research team from the <a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/tag\/university-of-toronto\/\">University of Toronto<\/a> has identified that neural crest stem cells, a group of cells found in the skin and other parts of the body, are the origin of reprogrammed neurons previously found by other scientists.<\/p>\n<p>Their findings refute the popular theory in cellular reprogramming that any developed cell can be induced to switch its identity to a completely unrelated cell type through the infusion of transcription factors. The team proposes an alternative theory: there is one rare stem cell type that is unique in its ability to be reprogrammed into different types of cells.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers found that neural crest stem cells are uniquely capable of reprogramming, challenging current reprogramming theories and opening possibilities for stem cell-based treatments. A research team from the University of Toronto has identified that neural crest stem cells, a group of cells found in the skin and other parts of the body, are the origin [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199342","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\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}