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These cells come in as many colors as there maybe potential cures discovered by their use. Pig iPSCs: POU5F1 (red), SOX2 (green), DNA (blue).
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Newspaper articles from my recent trip to India.
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…and 29 chimeric pigs were born into the world. This is the first derivation of live chimeric animals generated from iPS cells in any species outside of the mouse.
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India is rapidly growing country with millions of people to feed. To produce more and better quality dairy products and meat, livestock biotechnology is seen as the way of the future, particularly stem cell technology. Livestock stem cells can be genetically manipulated to generate cows that have increased milk yields, larger chickens or buffalo that…
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Dr. West gave a talk at the January Business meeting of the ARCS Foundation Atlanta Chapter. He discussed his groundbreaking work in the differentiation of stem cells into sperm cell and the derivation of induced pluripotent stem cells from pigs. He outlined the potential of using stem cell derived germ cells to screen for toxic…
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The West Laboratory began in July 2010 as a regenerative medicine and stem cell laboratory that focuses on germ (sperm and egg) cell differentiation from human and pig embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells. Abnormal germ cell development has been linked to infertility and numerous diseases including Down’s and Klinefelter’s. The ongoing studies in the…
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In the October 2010 issue of Georgia Trend Magazine, Dr. Franklin West was chosen as one of “GA’s Best and Brightest 40 under 40.” “Like the stem cells that he studies, Franklin West has morphed into something else.” – GeorgiaTrend
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Georgia Trend Magazine Jerry Grillo, September 2010 Two UGA scientists make a remarkable breakthrough Reproduction can be pressing business, fraught with challenges. But two University of Georgia scientists made a breakthrough discovery in reproduction and regeneration that has thrown open the doors to wide-ranging possibilities, including new therapies for devastating human diseases and the preservation…
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Porcine induced pluripotent stem cells produce chimeric offspring. West FD, Terlouw SL, Kwon DJ, Mumaw JL, Dhara SK, Hasneen K, Dobrinsky JR, Stice SL. Stem Cells Dev. 2010 Aug;19(8):1211-20. Abstract Ethical and moral issues rule out the use of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) in chimera studies that would determine the full…
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