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Yeah,
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you're right.
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Thank you.
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Yeah,
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Yeah.
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Mhm.
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Mhm.
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Yeah.
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This is why researchers were looking for a method to
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develop embryonic like stem cells without actually using embryos.
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Then in 2006, I PS CS were discovered by the Yamanaka lab in Japan.
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I p s stands for induced pluripotent stem cells.
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They can be derived from the patient's skin or blood cells.
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Yeah,
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I ps CS are adult somatic cells that have
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been reprogrammed to mimic their embryonic pluripotent state,
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which can then mean be induced to differentiate into any desired cell type
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adult somatic cells or any cells in the human body that are not a sperm or egg cell.
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The appeal of i ps CS lies in their ability to make a boundless supply of any cell type.
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Even better,
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I ps CS differ from traditional embryonic stem cells and
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that they can be directly patients arrived and specific.
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This avoids common embryonic stem cell issues such
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as immune rejection and ethical issues surrounding embryos.
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Yeah,
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so think of I ps CS, like writing code.
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You write code that makes a button.
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This is like the stem cell.
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You can then specify it to be a square button,
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which is like making it into a heart cell,
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and then the button can serve a function like when you click on it.
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It goes to a website,
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so a heart cell can then help create a heart.
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Now here's where the I ps CS come in.
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You can then break down the code back into its
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original simple code code that we had at the beginning,
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where it simply makes a button.
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This is like turning it into an I. P S C,
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where it is back into its original stem cell state.
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You can then make edits to the code to
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make that circular button that serves another function,
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like playing music when it's clicked.
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Similarly, you can take the I. P. S.
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C and turn it into a neuron cell that can then help to model the human brain.
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Mhm