Versatility of stem cells controlled by alliances, competitions of proteins
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 16:30
in Biology & Nature
Like people with a big choice to make, stem cells have a process to "decide" whether to transform into a specific cell type or to stay flexible, a state that biologists call "pluripotency." Using a technology he invented, Brown researcher William Fairbrother and colleagues have discovered new molecular interactions in the process that will help regenerative medicine researchers better understand pluripotency.