Stem Cell Research

Researchers Discover The Ultimate Adult Stem Cell

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, May 24th, 2001

The ultimate adult stem cell appears to have been discovered - a cell in the bone marrow that can transform itself into almost any organ in the body.

The finding was announced in a new study by New York University School of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine researchers, published in the May 4, 2001, issue of the journal Cell.

"There is a cell in the bone marrow that can serve as the stem cell for most, if not all, of the organs in the body," says Neil Theise, MD, associate professor of Pathology at NYU School of Medicine, who co-led the study. "This is an exciting study. Theoretically, any...

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Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2001-05-24)

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