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Microscope image showing muscle stem cells produced using the newly discovered chemical cocktail. Muscle cells, in red, are integrating into injured muscle, in green, of an adult mouse.
Immunoflurescence staining shows the asymmetric chromatin structure during cell reprogramming. | Credit: Yang Song
Headshot of Daniel Geschwind
A section of an artificial thymic organoid showing T cells (outlined in green) created from blood stem cells. | UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center/Cell Reports
Two scientists in a lab.
Microscope image of dendritic cells produced from blood-forming stem cells. Dr. Christopher Seet, top right, and Dr. Gay Crooks.
Differentiating human pluripotent stem cells (blue) turning into human germ cells (pink and white).
Microscopic image of scarring in a dish, showing evidence of fibrosis (red, green) and nuclei of all cells (blue).
Research by UCLA’s Gay Crooks, Amélie Montel-Hagen and Christopher Seet could point the way toward “off-the-shelf” T cell therapies that are more readily available to patients.