Project

Derivation of bovine embryonic stem cells

Code
01P03413
Looptijd
01-10-2013 → 30-09-2018
Financiering
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Onderzoeksdisciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Animal biology
    • Genetics
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Veterinary medicine
    • Other veterinary sciences
    • Other agricultural and food sciences
Trefwoorden
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Projectomschrijving

An innovative approach will be followed to derive bovine embryonic stem cells (ESC). First, we will create different embryos for ESC derivation: (1) ‘giant’ blastocysts to evaluate the influence of cell mass, (2) in vivo embryos, since their cells display more pluripotency characteristics and (3) diapaused embryos which are probably better ESC donors. Besides, extrinsic factors like culture conditions will be evaluated.