Stem cells: In search of a master controller

With thousands of scientists across the globe searching for ways to use adult stem cells to fight disease, there's a growing emphasis on finding the 'master regulators' that guide the differentiation of stem cells. New research from Rice University and the University of Cambridge suggests that a closely connected trio of regulatory proteins fulfils that role in haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), the self-renewing cells the body uses to make new blood cells...

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