Nerve cells grown from stem cells give new insight into Parkinson’s
17 June 2011
Images for story on stem cell technique used to grow nerve cells from a skin biopsy taken from a person with Parkinson's disease
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Image 01: Skin biopsy taken from a patient with Parkinson’s disease. Credit: OU/Richard Wade-Martins.
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Image 02: Skin cells grow out of the biopsy. Credit: OU/Richard Wade-Martins.
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Image 03: Further growth of the skin cells, or ‘fibroblasts’. Credit: OU/Richard Wade-Martins.
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Image 04: A colony of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) forms after the skin cells have been reprogrammed. Credit: OU/Richard Wade-Martins.
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Image 05: The stem cells develop, or ‘differentiate’, into neurons – day 1. Credit: OU/Richard Wade-Martins.
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Image 06: Differentiating cells – day 5. Credit: OU/Richard Wade-Martins.
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Image 07: Differentiating cells – day 9. Credit: OU/Richard Wade-Martins.
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Image 08: Differentiating cells – day 21. Credit: OU/Richard Wade-Martins.
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Image 09: On day 25, cells that have become neurons are stained here in red. Credit: OU/Richard Wade-Martins.
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Image 10: Neurons that show up as green here produce dopamine – the type of neuron involved in Parkinson’s disease. Credit: OU/Richard Wade-Martins.
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