February 10, 2011
I’ve written before about how stem cells can make their own niches. I’d like to expand this topic and summarize some recent findings. I’m going to talk about stem cell self-sufficiency as an ability of stem cells to make or modify the niche for themselves. In vitro studies The first studies in vitro described this [...]
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January 21, 2011
Intro When I give to my mice a lethal dose of irradiation, sometimes I think what actually kill them without bone marrow transplant? We all know that irradiation kills rapidly dividing (actively cycling) cells – progenitors in the bone marrow and gut. We also know that a significant fraction of organ-specific adult stem cells is [...]
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