Global view of blood cell development reveals new and complex circuitry
Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 17:30
in Health & Medicine
A small pool of stem cells replenishes the human body with about 200 billion new blood cells daily, but the elaborate circuitry that controls this process remains largely unknown. Scientists have now taken a systematic approach to help decipher this circuitry, compiling a comprehensive catalog of the factors that determine a blood cell's fate.