Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: iPSC: Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells; ESC: Embryonic Stem Cells; SCNT: Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer; TFs: Transcription Factors; Sox2: Sex Determining Region Y-box 2; Klf4: Krueppel-like factor 4; Utf1: Undifferentiated Embryonic Cell Transcription factor 1; Sall4: Sal-like protein 4; hTERT: Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase; HAT: His...

Kol Jia Yong, B.Sc., Chong Gao, M.D., Ph.D., Joline S.J. Lim, M.B., B.S., Benedict Yan, M.B., B.S., Henry Yang, Ph.D., Todor Dimitrov, Ph.D., Akira Kawasaki, M.D., Ph.D., Chee Wee Ong, M.Sc., Kwong-Fai Wong, Ph.D., Sanghoon Lee, Ph.D., Sharada Ravikumar, M.D., Ph.D., Supriya Srivastava, M.D., Xi Tian, B.S., Ronnie T. Poon, M.B., B.S., Ph.D., Sheung Tat Fan, M.D., D.Sc., John M. Luk, D.Med.Sc., ...

Okihiro syndrome refers to the association of forearm malformations with Duane syndrome of eye retraction. Based on the reported literature experience, clinical diagnosis of the syndrome can be elusive, owing to the variable presentation in families reported. Specifically, there is overlap of clinical features with other conditions, most notably Holt-Oram syndrome, a condition resulting from mu...

The recent identification of "Side Population" (SP) cells in a number of unrelated human cancers has renewed interests in the hypothesis of cancer stem cells. Here we isolated SP cells from HepG2 cells and 18 of the 21 fresh hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissue samples. These SP cells have higher abilities of forming spheroids, invasion and migration. Tumors could generate only from SP, not no...

BACKGROUND Congenital limb malformations (CLMs) are common and present to a variety of specialties, notably plastic and orthopaedic surgeons, and clinical geneticists. The authors aimed to characterise causative mutations in an unselected cohort of patients with CLMs requiring reconstructive surgery. METHODS 202 patients presenting with CLM were recruited. The authors obtained G-banded karyot...