HUMAN URINARY EPITHELIAL CELLS AS A SOURCE OF ENGRAFTABLE HEPATOCYTE-LIKE CELLS USING STEM CELL TECHNOLOGY

Although several types of somatic cells have been reprogrammed into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and then differentiated to hepatocyte-like cells (iHeps), the method for generating such cells from renal tubular epithelial cells shed in human urine and transplanting them into animal livers has not been described systematically.We report re

Background: Studies of internal migration ask who moves, why they move, and what are the consequences - to themselves, their origin, and their destination.By contrast, studies of those who stay for very long durations are less common, despite the fact that most people move relatively infrequently.Objective: We argue that staying is the dominant, pr