Metabolic molecule speeds up process by which stem cells differentiate

Sunday, July 31, 2016 - 11:01 in Biology & Nature

esearchers at the UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have discovered that a metabolic molecule called alpha-ketoglutarate helps pluripotent stem cells mature early in the process of becoming adult organs and tissues. The findings, published online today in the journal Cell Metabolism, could be valuable for scientists working […]

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