Stem cell surprise for tissue regeneration (w/ Podcast)
Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 09:42
in Biology & Nature
Scientists working at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Embryology, with colleagues, have overturned previous research that identified critical genes for making muscle stem cells. It turns out that the genes that make muscle stem cells in the embryo are surprisingly not needed in adult muscle stem cells to regenerate muscles after injury.
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