Published in Blood Weekly, May 27th, 2004
"Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) have the potential to serve as a renewable source of transplantable tissue-specific stem cells. However, the molecular cues necessary to direct the differentiation of ESCs toward specific cell lineages remain obscure. Here we report the successful induction of ESC differentiation into mature functional T lymphocytes with a simple in vitro coculture system," wrote scientists in the journal Nature Immunology.
"The directed differentiation of ESCs into T cells required the engagement of Notch receptors by Delta-like 1 ligand (DL1) expressed...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2004-05-27)
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