Stem Cells At Root Of Antlers' Branching

Thursday, May 1, 2008 - 14:14 in Biology & Nature

German researchers have found that deer antler growth and regeneration might be reduced to a stem cell-based process. Their results strongly support the view that the growth of primary antlers as well as the annual process of antler regeneration depend on the periodic activation of mesenchymal stem cells.

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