Order from noise: How randomness and collective dynamics define a stem cell
Monday, July 6, 2020 - 14:40
in Biology & Nature
Without stem cells, human life would not exist. Due to them, a lump of cells becomes an organ, and a fertilized egg develops into a baby. But what actually makes a stem cell? Are these a stable population of specially gifted cells? Scientists discovered that instead, stem cells might emerge due to the collective behavior of cells within the organs.