Protein Distinguishes Fetal and Adult Stem Cells
July 26, 2007
In a discovery that fills a critical gap in the understanding of stem cells, researchers have discovered a protein that fetal, but not adult, blood-forming stem cells need to replenish themselves. Finding regulatory pathways specific to fetal blood-forming cells could help scientists understand childhood leukemias and generate blood-forming cells for bone marrow transplants.
Research published in the July 26, 2007, issue of Cell.
Sean J. Morrison, Ph.D., HHMI investigator
University of Michigan Medical School
For the full story, go to: http://www.hhmi.org//news/morrison20070727.html
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Thursday 26 July 2007
Protein Distinguishes Fetal and Adult Stem Cells
Posted by ZenMaster at Thursday, July 26, 2007
Labels: bone marrow, differentiation, embryonic, Sox17, stem cells
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