Identification Of Genes That Control Embryonic Stem Cell Fate

 13.07.2008 13:12   medicalnewstoday.com

Scientists have identified about two dozen genes that control embryonic stem cell fate. The genes may either prod or restrain stem cells from drifting into a kind of limbo, they suspect. The limbo lies between the embryonic stage and fully differentiated, or specialized, cells, such as bone, muscle or fat.

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