NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 幹細胞與醫學特論(3052)
(Eng.) Special Topics in Stem Cell and Medicine
Offering Dept Department of Life Sciences
Course Type Elective Credits 3 Teacher CHENG, HSU-CHEN
Department Bachelor Program in Biotechnology/Undergraduate Language English Semester 2025-SPRING
Course Description 4~6 research papers will be assigned each week. and the student are required to read the papers before the class for discussion. A written report should be turned in each week 24hr before the class.
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self-directed learning in the course N
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This course is designed for seniors. This course is designed to enhance the student’s knowledge in stem cell biology and learning the most recent progress in stem cell and regenerative medicine. The students who are not proficient in English should carefully consider their disadvantageous status in the class.
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Week Course Content
Week 1 Week 1 (2/20) Class Introduction (鄭)
Week 2 Week 2 (2/27) New hope for female infertility: Adult ovary stem cell (鄭)
1. Nature Vol 428 p145-150. Germline stem cells and follicular renewal in the postnatal mammalian ovary.
2. Cell 2005 Jul 29;122(2):303-15. Oocyte generation in adult mammalian ovaries by putative germ cells in bone marrow and peripheral blood.
Week 3 Week 3 (3/6) Are you bearing your own child (鄭)
1. Nature 2006 Jun 29;441(7097):1109-14.Ovulated oocytes in adult mice derive from non-circulating germ cells.
2. Nat Cell Biol 2009 May;11(5):631-6. Production of offspring from a germline stem cell line derived from neonatal ovaries.
3. Nat Med. 2012 Feb 26;18(3):413-21.Oocyte formation by mitotically active germ cells purified from ovaries of reproductive-age women.
Week 4 Week 4 (3/13) Be all that you can be (鄭)
1. Nature. 2011 Jul 20;476(7358):101-4. DMRT1 prevents female reprogramming in the postnatal mammalian testis.
2. Cell. 2009 Dec 11;139(6):1130-42. Somatic sex reprogramming of adult ovaries to testes by FOXL2 ablation.
Week 5 Week 5 (3/20) Rejuvenation fountain (鄭)
1. Nature 2005 Feb 17;433(7027):760-4.Rejuvenation of aged progenitor cells by exposure to a young systemic environment
2. Nature 2011 Aug 31;477(7362):90-4. The ageing systemic milieu negatively regulates neurogenesis and cognitive function.
Week 6 Week 6 (3/27) iPS cells & stem cell therapy (鄭)
1. Science 2007 Dec 21;318(5858):1920-3. Treatment of Sickle Cell Anemia Mouse Model with iPS Cells Generated from Autologous Skin
2. Blood 2011October 27 118(17) 4599-4608 Site-specific gene correction of a point mutation in human iPS cells derived from an adult patient with sickle cell disease
Week 7 Week 7 (4/3) Make-up holiday for University Anniversary and Annual Sports Meet
Week 8 Week 8 (4/10) Getting unlimited stem cells (鄭)
1. Nature 2006 Jan 12;439(7073):212-5. Generation of nuclear transfer-derived pluripotent ES cells from cloned Cdx2-deficient blastocysts
2. Cell 2008 April 18, 133, 250–264, Direct Reprogramming of Terminally Differentiated Mature B Lymphocytes to Pluripotenc
Week 9 Week 9 (4/17) Gene editing with CRISPR/Cas systems (鄭)
1. PNAS December 26, 2019 116 (52) 26846-26852; CRISPR/Cas9-based targeted genome editing for correction of recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa using iPS cells.
Week 10 week 10 (4/24) Beauty is only skin deep (鄭)
1. Nature. 2007 May 17;447(7142):316-20. Wnt-dependent de novo hair follicle regeneration in adult mouse skin after wounding.
2. 2008 Jan 17;451(7176):340-4. Cyclic dermal BMP signaling regulates stem cell activation during hair regeneration
Week 11 Week 11 (5/1) Tooth regeneration I(鄭)
1. Antagonistic Functions of USAG-1 and RUNX2 during Tooth Development
2. Interactions between BMP-7 and USAG-1 (Uterine Sensitization-Associated Gene-1) Regulate Supernumerary Organ Formations
Week 12 (5/8) Tooth regeneration II(鄭)
3. Local application of Usag-1 siRNA can promote tooth regeneration in Runx2-deficient mice
4. Anti-USAG-1 therapy for tooth regeneration through enhanced BMP signaling
Week 13 (5/15) TBA (鄭)
Week 14 (5/22) TBA (鄭)
Week 15 (5/29) TBA (鄭)
Week 16 (6/5) Gene engineering (鄭)
Week 17 (6/12) Spontaneous Laerning
Week 18 (6/19) Spontaneous Laerning
Evaluation
上課 40%,
報告 60%
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