Stem cells under the microscope a picture gallery
- 1. Stem Cells Underthe Microscope: A Picture Gallery Stem cells are how we all begin: undifferentiated cells that go on to develop into any of the more than 200 types of cell the adult human body holds. (Courtesy: New York Times) We have read about stem cell research in various disease fields. Here is a gallery of stem cells sourced from various published papers.
- 2. Rat brain sliceshowing neural stem cells (blue) that divide throughout life to produce astrocytes (red) and mature neurons (green). Courtesy: Sarthak Sinha
- 3. Human Embryonic StemCells forms spherical colonies when cultured in-vitro. Courtesy: Sarthak Sinha
- 4. Human Embryonic StemCells used for human transplantation PLoS Biology. Courtesy: Sarthak Sinha
- 5. International Journal ofStem Cell Research and Transplantation
- 6. The germ linestem cell niche contains germ stem cells (blue), somatic support cells (green), and spectrosomes (red). IMAGE COURTESY OF ANDREA ZAMPARINI
- 7. Human hematopoietic stemcells. Image courtesy: Lancet,Oncology
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- 10. Spontaneous embryonic stemcell differentiation in mouse cells. The bright green cells show that some embryonic stem cells differentiate into cardiac myocytes.
- 11. Important Embryonic StemCell Research Milestones Stem cells were discovered in human cord blood • 1981- First in vitro stem cell line developed from mice • 1988- Embryonic stem cell lines were created from hamsters • 1995- First embryonic stem cell line derived from a primate • 1997- Cloned lamb from stem cell and leukemia origin found as haematopoietic stem cell, which could indicate potential proof of cancer stem cells