The recent isolation of human embryonic stem cells and the demonstration of their remarkable pluripotency have focused attention on the molecular properties of stem cells. Two studies published in the September 12
Miguel Ramalho-Santos and colleagues carried out transcription profiling of embryonic, neural and hematopoietic stem cells from mice, in the same experiment (
In the same issue, Natalia Ivanova and colleagues report their comparison of the gene expression profiles of either human or murine hematopoietic stem cells, compared with the non-hematopoietic embryonic and neural stem cells...