Multi-organ cells derived from a single adult stem cell
Evidence exists that bone marrow cells can transform into skeletal muscle and brain tissue. In the 4 May Cell Diane Krause and colleagues at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven have for the first time identified a haematopoietic stem cell in mice that can transform into virtually any cell type.Krause et al transplanted bone marrow haematopoietic stem cells from adult male mice into irradiated female mice, and then tested for the presence of Y chromosomes in various tissue specimens fro
May 7, 2001
Evidence exists that bone marrow cells can transform into skeletal muscle and brain tissue. In the 4 May
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CD34 and SCA-1 expression is uniquely increased in these rare cells during their homing in the adult male mice bone marrow. Researchers believe that...