{"id":1528,"date":"2012-10-09T08:56:32","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T20:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/?p=1528"},"modified":"2012-10-10T08:16:54","modified_gmt":"2012-10-09T20:16:54","slug":"nobel-prize-for-physiology-or-medicine-2012-stem-cell-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/nobel-prize-for-physiology-or-medicine-2012-stem-cell-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 2012: stem cell research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/files\/2012\/10\/Human-embryonic-stem-cells-Public-Library-of-Science1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1537 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/files\/2012\/10\/Human-embryonic-stem-cells-Public-Library-of-Science1-300x228.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"219\" \/><\/a>This year&#8217;s Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine goes to two researchers for their work on induced pluripotent stem cells or IPSCs.\u00a0 The Prize recognises the\u00a0achievements of the two researchers in\u00a0this promising field of science &#8211;\u00a0one of whom\u00a0first published on the subject\u00a050 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>IPSCs are formed from\u00a0mature body cells that have been effectively &#8216;reprogramed&#8217; to a pluripotent state so that they resemble the cells\u00a0in an early embryo.\u00a0\u00a0Early embryonic stem cells are pluripotent and so have\u00a0the highest potency of any stem cells.\u00a0 This means that (under the right conditions)\u00a0they are able to develop or differentiate into any type of cell.<\/p>\n<p>Many medical researchers think that\u00a0stem cells\u00a0have a lot of potential for therapeutic uses\u00a0such as tissue repair, regeneration\u00a0and replacement,\u00a0as well as providing a\u00a0source of\u00a0human cells for experimentation, investigating cellular processes and modelling\u00a0the action of drugs.\u00a0 Early research\u00a0into pluripotent stem cells\u00a0involved\u00a0the use of\u00a0early human embryoes.\u00a0 IPSCs are of significant interest in medical science as they could provide pluripotent stem cells from a non-embyronic source.<\/p>\n<p>Read about this exciting story of stem cell research at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2012\/10\/121008082955.htm\">http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2012\/10\/121008082955.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year&#8217;s Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine goes to two researchers for their work on induced pluripotent stem cells or IPSCs.\u00a0 The Prize recognises the\u00a0achievements of the two researchers in\u00a0this promising field of science &#8211;\u00a0one of whom\u00a0first published on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/nobel-prize-for-physiology-or-medicine-2012-stem-cell-research\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[481,473,15],"tags":[5156,5158,5159,5157],"class_list":["post-1528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biology-resources","category-for-teachers","category-general","tag-ethics","tag-ipscs","tag-nobel","tag-stem-cells"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1528\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}