An immune-system receptor plays an unexpected but crucially important role in keeping stem cells from differentiating and in helping blood cancer cells grow, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center report today in the journal Nature.
View the original article here: Mechanism That Maintains Stem Cells Readiness Identified – Science Daily (press release)
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