UCLA researchers turn stem cells into somites, precursors to skeletal muscle, cartilage and bone

Wednesday, February 8, 2017 - 09:31 in Biology & Nature

FINDINGS Adding just the right mixture of signaling molecules — proteins involved in development — to human stem cells can coax them to resemble somites, which are groups of cells that give rise to skeletal ... Read more

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