The Study of Methods Used in Neural Induction of Embryonic Stem Cells

Abstract: Embryonic stem cells (ES cells) are pluripotent cells which have a unique capacity to renew themselves and to give rise to various types of cells. So much progress was made to date on the study of neural induction of the embryonic stem cells， and relative laboratory techniques and theories were also established gradually. This review concentrated on the methods that researchers used in the directed induction of ES cells to neural cells， and analysed the mechanism and relative theories of some of the methods， then gave out some practical methods. ES cells that can proliferate indefinitely and be easily genetically operated may be a particularly effective donor cells for therapies of neurological diseases.

CSTR: 32200.14.cjcb.2004.02.0011