Vascular cells can fuse with themselves
Monday, April 20, 2015 - 07:20
in Biology & Nature
Cells of the vascular system of vertebrates can fuse with themselves. This process, which occurs when a blood vessel is no longer necessary and pruned, has now been described on the cellular level by Prof. Markus Affolter from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel. The findings of this study have been published in the journal PLoS Biology.