Emerging human blood stem cells in embryonic aorta (IMAGE)

University of California - Los Angeles

Emerging human blood stem cells in embryonic aorta

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Human blood stem cells emerging from specialized endothelial cells in the wall of an embryonic aorta. UCLA scientists’ confirmation of this process clarifies a longstanding controversy about the stem cells’ cellular origin.

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Hanna Mikkola Lab/UCLA, Katja Schenke-Layland Lab/University of Tübingen, Nature

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