Researchers decipher how the body controls stem cells
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 - 10:01
in Biology & Nature
Stem cells are unspecialized cells that can develop into any type of cell in the human body. So far, however, scientists only partially understand how the body controls the fate of these all-rounders, and what factors decide whether a stem cell will differentiate, for example, into a blood, liver or nerve cell. Researchers have now identified an ingenious mechanism by which the body orchestrates the regeneration of red and white blood cells from progenitor cells.