DNA 'Tattoos' Link Adult, Daughter Stell Cells
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 11:28
in Biology & Nature
Using the molecular equivalent of a tattoo on DNA that adult stem cells (ASC) pass to their "daughter" cells in combination with gene expression profiles, University of Utah researchers have identified two early steps in adult stem cell differentiation--the process that determines whether cells will form muscle, neurons, skin, etc., in people and animals.