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Transplant Medicine
Migratory adult stem cells could be exploited to revise host genetics
July 24th, 2003
Migratory adult stem cells could be exploited to revise host genetics. "A variety of recent studies support the existence of pathways, in adult humans and rodents, that allow adult stem cells to be surprisingly flexible in their differentiation repertoires. Termed plasticity, this property allows adult stem cells, assumed until now to be committed to generating a fixed range of progeny, on relocation to switch to make other specialized sets of cells appropriate to their new niche. Cells normally present within the bone marrow seem particularly flexible and are able to contribute usefully to many recipient organs," scientists in England report. "In...
Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2003-07-24)
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