Successful creation of universal cells from ... wisdom teeth

Scientists from the Japan General Industrial Technology Research Institute have successfully created "universal cells" (iPS cells) that can cultivate cells of various organs on a cellular basis " dental embryos "of wisdom teeth.

Illustration. (internet source)

The yield of iPS cells on the basis of dental embryos is hundreds of times higher than that of skin cells.

Scientists have confirmed that cells from organs such as intestine, cartilage, nerve and heart muscle can be cultured on the basis of dental embryonic cells.

According to scientists, the organization of dental embryos was taken from wisdom teeth when extracted. Scientists have effectively cultured iPS cells safely. This result has important implications for building cell banks for regenerative medicine.

Scientists cultured iPS cells from frozen embryonic cells of three subjects over 10 years old. In the process of culture, cMyc non-pre-cancer scientists have the function of improving culture performance.

In the absence of using the cMyc gene, the cultured performance of skin cells was lower than 0.001%, while the culture performance using dental embryonic cells exceeded 0.1%.

In cells taken from the same organ, the cells of PAXIP1 are easily grown into iPS cells.